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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 614350" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>So today I sent a much abbreviated version to my son, taking out all the lecturing and "how much we've done for you" nonsense. It says, pretty simply, that this is his last phone we pay for and if this one gets broken he gets one of our old "non-smart" phones, that he's almost 19 and he has to deal with his own choices and problems, and to not ask for anything, unless it's a TRUE emergency - i.e. not poor planning, something unavoidable like breaking a leg or getting in a wreck or the dorm burning down. </p><p></p><p>Seems the consensus of my friends and husband is that my son's inability to deal with life is all my doing, because I give in to him and that telling him I mean business won't do a thing unless I just say no and hang up on him next time he calls. But I felt like I really had to warn him that was coming. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't want him calling stranded in 10 degree weather because he ran out of gas, thinking I'll give him more money. He may still do it, but at least he's been warned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 614350, member: 17309"] So today I sent a much abbreviated version to my son, taking out all the lecturing and "how much we've done for you" nonsense. It says, pretty simply, that this is his last phone we pay for and if this one gets broken he gets one of our old "non-smart" phones, that he's almost 19 and he has to deal with his own choices and problems, and to not ask for anything, unless it's a TRUE emergency - i.e. not poor planning, something unavoidable like breaking a leg or getting in a wreck or the dorm burning down. Seems the consensus of my friends and husband is that my son's inability to deal with life is all my doing, because I give in to him and that telling him I mean business won't do a thing unless I just say no and hang up on him next time he calls. But I felt like I really had to warn him that was coming. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't want him calling stranded in 10 degree weather because he ran out of gas, thinking I'll give him more money. He may still do it, but at least he's been warned. [/QUOTE]
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