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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 631235" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>MWM, your first paragraph left me kind of speechless. I'm constantly reminded on this board that my kid is, relatively, a nice guy. Just...lazy, entitled, spoiled, disrespectful, manipulative and ungrateful - with some additional drug and anger management issues. He's stolen from us...but to my knowledge not from other people. He's not been in jail. He's not abused anyone. He can swear a blue streak, but not at us...more in general. If my son ever raised a hand to me my husband would clean his clock, I'm certain of it. I'm pretty darn sure my son is too, which may very well be why he's never done so no matter how angry he was. One time only, when we were bickering, he made a remark to me, "I don't know why you have to be such a b***h." I would have smacked him myself, but he ducked. After we both calmed down I told him, "If you EVER call me any name ever again, you will leave this house and not come back." He never has. He seems to understand that name calling and getting physical with us is a line he can't cross. </p><p></p><p>It's mostly the ingratitude. It's like everything he's been given is just his due...like we <em>owe </em>him something. Of course, all the lies and spending our "job hunting" gas money running around and doing God knows what this past month - <em>now that he's sorry and he's not going to do it anymore and he's trying to get a job seriously now</em> - it's just supposed to be water under the bridge and we're supposed to put it behind us and trust him again. </p><p></p><p>I hope we can some day and that all this is a product of immaturity that he will outgrow with some life experience. I hope. I expect he will always be as manipulative as he can get away with though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 631235, member: 17309"] MWM, your first paragraph left me kind of speechless. I'm constantly reminded on this board that my kid is, relatively, a nice guy. Just...lazy, entitled, spoiled, disrespectful, manipulative and ungrateful - with some additional drug and anger management issues. He's stolen from us...but to my knowledge not from other people. He's not been in jail. He's not abused anyone. He can swear a blue streak, but not at us...more in general. If my son ever raised a hand to me my husband would clean his clock, I'm certain of it. I'm pretty darn sure my son is too, which may very well be why he's never done so no matter how angry he was. One time only, when we were bickering, he made a remark to me, "I don't know why you have to be such a b***h." I would have smacked him myself, but he ducked. After we both calmed down I told him, "If you EVER call me any name ever again, you will leave this house and not come back." He never has. He seems to understand that name calling and getting physical with us is a line he can't cross. It's mostly the ingratitude. It's like everything he's been given is just his due...like we [I]owe [/I]him something. Of course, all the lies and spending our "job hunting" gas money running around and doing God knows what this past month - [I]now that he's sorry and he's not going to do it anymore and he's trying to get a job seriously now[/I] - it's just supposed to be water under the bridge and we're supposed to put it behind us and trust him again. I hope we can some day and that all this is a product of immaturity that he will outgrow with some life experience. I hope. I expect he will always be as manipulative as he can get away with though. [/QUOTE]
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