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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 578171" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>Exactly! Like your previous thread about scammers - difficult child's are wily con artists who end up being the victims of scammers themselves. My difficult child's roommate has not given us half the utility/internet expenses since Sept. husband is ready to not renew the lease, so roommate will have to find somewhere else to live. Our difficult child still needs to work on discernment skills when it comes to people he gets into "business" relationships with. He thinks we're judgmental, but we're just discerning, which comes with unfortunate experiences that we've learned from. difficult child and roommate worked out a schedule whereby difficult child agreed to wash all the dishes/pots and dry and put them away, no matter who cooks. His rm makes chili and mac & cheese and doesn't soak the pots, so they're encrusted by the time difficult child gets home from school and he's like a charwoman washing these grimy things, but he's too intimidated to say anything. RM doesn't hold up his end of the bargain by cleaning the bathroom. It's a filthy pigsty, and if difficult child doesn't clean, no one does. That's unfair, and difficult child has to learn to speak up for himself. Funny, but he had NO problem telling US what he expected of us! </p><p>So they will learn by experience, a little at a time, but it's ironic that the difficult child's, who are notorious victimizers of their families are victims of "friends." Hang in there, Nancy. The lightbulb will come on in her head - she's no fool!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 578171, member: 13882"] Exactly! Like your previous thread about scammers - difficult child's are wily con artists who end up being the victims of scammers themselves. My difficult child's roommate has not given us half the utility/internet expenses since Sept. husband is ready to not renew the lease, so roommate will have to find somewhere else to live. Our difficult child still needs to work on discernment skills when it comes to people he gets into "business" relationships with. He thinks we're judgmental, but we're just discerning, which comes with unfortunate experiences that we've learned from. difficult child and roommate worked out a schedule whereby difficult child agreed to wash all the dishes/pots and dry and put them away, no matter who cooks. His rm makes chili and mac & cheese and doesn't soak the pots, so they're encrusted by the time difficult child gets home from school and he's like a charwoman washing these grimy things, but he's too intimidated to say anything. RM doesn't hold up his end of the bargain by cleaning the bathroom. It's a filthy pigsty, and if difficult child doesn't clean, no one does. That's unfair, and difficult child has to learn to speak up for himself. Funny, but he had NO problem telling US what he expected of us! So they will learn by experience, a little at a time, but it's ironic that the difficult child's, who are notorious victimizers of their families are victims of "friends." Hang in there, Nancy. The lightbulb will come on in her head - she's no fool! [/QUOTE]
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