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Husband has an adult child that was adopted.
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<blockquote data-quote="AppleCori" data-source="post: 720940" data-attributes="member: 16024"><p>It's very easy to say that you won't put up with a young adult who won't work/go to school and who won't pull their weight around the house, but when the person (who has made all kinds of promises) won't keep a job (or get a job), is messy and has to be told over and over again to pick up after themselves, keeps saying that they will "do it later", you are put in a very difficult position.</p><p></p><p>Once she is there, you either have to nag/remind/cajole the person constantly (and this gets old quick), make them leave (very hard to do), or put up with them running the house. </p><p></p><p>And it is a much more difficult situation if the young adult tries to manipulate one of the parents or turn the kids against the parents. </p><p></p><p>Just because you lay out the rules ahead of time, doesn't mean they will be followed, especially after the honeymoon period is over. This has happened to most of us who have brought our difficult adult into the house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AppleCori, post: 720940, member: 16024"] It's very easy to say that you won't put up with a young adult who won't work/go to school and who won't pull their weight around the house, but when the person (who has made all kinds of promises) won't keep a job (or get a job), is messy and has to be told over and over again to pick up after themselves, keeps saying that they will "do it later", you are put in a very difficult position. Once she is there, you either have to nag/remind/cajole the person constantly (and this gets old quick), make them leave (very hard to do), or put up with them running the house. And it is a much more difficult situation if the young adult tries to manipulate one of the parents or turn the kids against the parents. Just because you lay out the rules ahead of time, doesn't mean they will be followed, especially after the honeymoon period is over. This has happened to most of us who have brought our difficult adult into the house. [/QUOTE]
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