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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 620590" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Quick legal tip here before I read the rest - if you offer rehab as a safe shelter, the police and the courts won't force you to bring him back to your home. Either he'll go or he won't. Either rehab will take your side or his. In the long run after 30 days he'll be placed into another program or he'll be forced to say "I'll never go home and you can't make me."</p><p></p><p>And good luck with him keeping a hotel room for 3 days without tearing it up or ruining your credit. Don't do that again until he's actually worn out all of his welcomes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You shouldn't.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Did you tell her that yet? What did she say? It seems to me that with the hotel and the cell phone and the food and the driving him to GED classes, your wife is making a lot of choices. I say this because your stepson is 17 years old, and the goal for children is to bring them up and send them on their way. You and your wife should be looking forward to being each others spouse. If you're not on the same page, someone is not choosing the spouse over the child. {School of Hard Knocks, 101}</p><p></p><p>I almost forgot to pass along to you and your wife what our Dear Fran always said - "If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got." Cold turkey is surest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 620590, member: 99"] Quick legal tip here before I read the rest - if you offer rehab as a safe shelter, the police and the courts won't force you to bring him back to your home. Either he'll go or he won't. Either rehab will take your side or his. In the long run after 30 days he'll be placed into another program or he'll be forced to say "I'll never go home and you can't make me." And good luck with him keeping a hotel room for 3 days without tearing it up or ruining your credit. Don't do that again until he's actually worn out all of his welcomes. You shouldn't. Did you tell her that yet? What did she say? It seems to me that with the hotel and the cell phone and the food and the driving him to GED classes, your wife is making a lot of choices. I say this because your stepson is 17 years old, and the goal for children is to bring them up and send them on their way. You and your wife should be looking forward to being each others spouse. If you're not on the same page, someone is not choosing the spouse over the child. {School of Hard Knocks, 101} I almost forgot to pass along to you and your wife what our Dear Fran always said - "If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got." Cold turkey is surest. [/QUOTE]
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