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<blockquote data-quote="Betterdays" data-source="post: 658316" data-attributes="member: 18908"><p>Thank you for your response, Copabanana, it is appreciated. I haven't been back on here in awhile and am sad to see that Struggling Dad is still experiencing more of the same. My son is now 18; we have good days and bad; he is graduating this weekend and plans on working this summer and we are planning on having him start paying for his car insurance and other incidentals so he will have less money to spend on other "things"; we will also have him start giving us money to put away for college, which he is attending in September. We have not had him smoking in the house or the car since we "laid down the law" but I know he is still getting high and doing something called "vaping", which I am not entirely sure what that process involves. He gave me a big hug this morning and told me he loved me, and I believe he does; he also keeps telling me "I am the same person I was before, it's just now you know I smoke pot". There has been less arguing, we are trying to find a way to live together in a way that is good for everyone (myself, husband, two younger children and him) until he goes off to college in the Fall. Right now, things seem to be going "ok" ~ he has been coming home on time and there haven't been as many "blow-outs" ~ whether it's good or bad, I have had friends tell me to "set the bar low" and that is sort of what I have done. Our main issues were his smoking in the house and his lack of respect for others in the house ~ I stand firm on those and he has seemed to be better about adhering to them - it's still a struggle, but one that I hope will end with us being friends, at some point, if not tomorrow, sometime in the near future! Hang in there, Struggling Dad ~ I definitely feel for you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Betterdays, post: 658316, member: 18908"] Thank you for your response, Copabanana, it is appreciated. I haven't been back on here in awhile and am sad to see that Struggling Dad is still experiencing more of the same. My son is now 18; we have good days and bad; he is graduating this weekend and plans on working this summer and we are planning on having him start paying for his car insurance and other incidentals so he will have less money to spend on other "things"; we will also have him start giving us money to put away for college, which he is attending in September. We have not had him smoking in the house or the car since we "laid down the law" but I know he is still getting high and doing something called "vaping", which I am not entirely sure what that process involves. He gave me a big hug this morning and told me he loved me, and I believe he does; he also keeps telling me "I am the same person I was before, it's just now you know I smoke pot". There has been less arguing, we are trying to find a way to live together in a way that is good for everyone (myself, husband, two younger children and him) until he goes off to college in the Fall. Right now, things seem to be going "ok" ~ he has been coming home on time and there haven't been as many "blow-outs" ~ whether it's good or bad, I have had friends tell me to "set the bar low" and that is sort of what I have done. Our main issues were his smoking in the house and his lack of respect for others in the house ~ I stand firm on those and he has seemed to be better about adhering to them - it's still a struggle, but one that I hope will end with us being friends, at some point, if not tomorrow, sometime in the near future! Hang in there, Struggling Dad ~ I definitely feel for you! [/QUOTE]
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