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<blockquote data-quote="Dancerat" data-source="post: 607780" data-attributes="member: 14984"><p>Thank you, you are correct, 20 is not a little boy. Being a man and taking care of yourself doesn't automatically happen when you turn a certain age, although I wish it did. I appreciate your honesty and straightforwardness. I have done my son no favors apparently up to this stage so far. difficult child came by last night to make a sandwich and I sent him home with food I would not eat, top ramen, a loaf of bread, pb&j and some chicken that I was getting ready to throw out. He's not going to starve, and he said he has been out looking for work all day and planned on going out all day tomorrow in addition to applying for food stamps. I feel pretty good about these decisions that he's making. I think he's upset and angry at the situation, but he's figuring it out. Hoping that as he finds the strength to navigate survival skills, that it will give him the skills to also say bye to the girl, or at least lay some boundaries down with her. </p><p></p><p>Thank you so much for the good thoughts and advice. I'm trying to figure out the detach thing. This seems like the hard part. I hate dwelling on the fact that it's getting cold, that the weather is turning gray and wet, and that he doesn't have the life skills he needs to survive well yet in this world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dancerat, post: 607780, member: 14984"] Thank you, you are correct, 20 is not a little boy. Being a man and taking care of yourself doesn't automatically happen when you turn a certain age, although I wish it did. I appreciate your honesty and straightforwardness. I have done my son no favors apparently up to this stage so far. difficult child came by last night to make a sandwich and I sent him home with food I would not eat, top ramen, a loaf of bread, pb&j and some chicken that I was getting ready to throw out. He's not going to starve, and he said he has been out looking for work all day and planned on going out all day tomorrow in addition to applying for food stamps. I feel pretty good about these decisions that he's making. I think he's upset and angry at the situation, but he's figuring it out. Hoping that as he finds the strength to navigate survival skills, that it will give him the skills to also say bye to the girl, or at least lay some boundaries down with her. Thank you so much for the good thoughts and advice. I'm trying to figure out the detach thing. This seems like the hard part. I hate dwelling on the fact that it's getting cold, that the weather is turning gray and wet, and that he doesn't have the life skills he needs to survive well yet in this world. [/QUOTE]
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