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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 154593" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Wasn't the whole purpose of the call to actually get you to send <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/money.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":money:" title="money :money:" data-shortname=":money:" />? You are doing GREAT - Stay hanging tough. Don't let him touch your emotions. He knows mom loves him and will do anything to get him baled out. He just does not know that the anything is not his idea of anything. Your "anything" is what is really going to work in the long run. You are going to do anything possible to make him grow up and take responsibility as an adult. If that doesn't make him happy or save his butt today then too bad, he will live even if not they way you want him to. He needs to get himself out of this one.</p><p> </p><p>Tough love takes the emotions out of the equation (they are still there, just don't let him see them). You have realized that your involvement is not helping so you are taking that away from him. Someday when he has no "victim" to rely on, he just may start relying on himself? That would be a great phone call to get.</p><p> </p><p>Stay strong!!! I believe in you! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 154593, member: 5096"] Wasn't the whole purpose of the call to actually get you to send :money:? You are doing GREAT - Stay hanging tough. Don't let him touch your emotions. He knows mom loves him and will do anything to get him baled out. He just does not know that the anything is not his idea of anything. Your "anything" is what is really going to work in the long run. You are going to do anything possible to make him grow up and take responsibility as an adult. If that doesn't make him happy or save his butt today then too bad, he will live even if not they way you want him to. He needs to get himself out of this one. Tough love takes the emotions out of the equation (they are still there, just don't let him see them). You have realized that your involvement is not helping so you are taking that away from him. Someday when he has no "victim" to rely on, he just may start relying on himself? That would be a great phone call to get. Stay strong!!! I believe in you! :) [/QUOTE]
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