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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 100801" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>My 22-year-old difficult child is the same way. While making some strides like going back to school, she is completely irresponsible when it comes to money.</p><p></p><p>She is delivering pizza and making a pretty good salary for a part time job. She has to pay $250 rent, split the utilities four ways, pay her $100 a month auto insurance, $50 phone bill, and gas and food with the money. She is always short, though, and asks for money that she is "going to pay back." Of course, she never does.</p><p></p><p>Last month she needed $50 for her rent and I made her give me her IPOD as collateral. She said that she would definitely pay me back since her IPOD in the only way she can listen to music in her car. Guess what ~ that was a month ago and I still have her IPOD.</p><p></p><p>What makes me see red is that she is always taking off work despite the fact that she is always short money for her bills. She wasn't raised that way and sees how hard husband and I work for our money. I even worked two jobs when husband got laid off last year and yet it doesn't even occur to her to do the same thing. </p><p></p><p>Her excuse is always "but I've gone back to school." Well, lots of people work fulltime jobs and go to school at the same time ~ like me.</p><p></p><p>I wish I knew why our kids turn out so different than us. easy child is better about it but still kind of lazy. She is working a part time job while going to college fulltime but is taking off the three weeks during her Christmas break because she needed some "downtime." If it were me, I would be working all the hours I could during the holiday and save up some money.</p><p></p><p>The "me generation" just doesn't think that way.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 100801, member: 1967"] My 22-year-old difficult child is the same way. While making some strides like going back to school, she is completely irresponsible when it comes to money. She is delivering pizza and making a pretty good salary for a part time job. She has to pay $250 rent, split the utilities four ways, pay her $100 a month auto insurance, $50 phone bill, and gas and food with the money. She is always short, though, and asks for money that she is "going to pay back." Of course, she never does. Last month she needed $50 for her rent and I made her give me her IPOD as collateral. She said that she would definitely pay me back since her IPOD in the only way she can listen to music in her car. Guess what ~ that was a month ago and I still have her IPOD. What makes me see red is that she is always taking off work despite the fact that she is always short money for her bills. She wasn't raised that way and sees how hard husband and I work for our money. I even worked two jobs when husband got laid off last year and yet it doesn't even occur to her to do the same thing. Her excuse is always "but I've gone back to school." Well, lots of people work fulltime jobs and go to school at the same time ~ like me. I wish I knew why our kids turn out so different than us. easy child is better about it but still kind of lazy. She is working a part time job while going to college fulltime but is taking off the three weeks during her Christmas break because she needed some "downtime." If it were me, I would be working all the hours I could during the holiday and save up some money. The "me generation" just doesn't think that way. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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