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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 59132" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You've admitted you're afraid to do or say anything about them. You can't blame him for not believing you mean it. </div></div></p><p></p><p>That's in reference to "Hookah Heaven", the place where the Dad smokes with his daughter and all the potheads go to party. What I'm talking about is more specific info about some of his friends that, should their parents "get hold of it", would really put a damper on their upper-crust WASP elitist lives. These parents don't care what their kids are doing, as long as it doesn't affect them or their little isolated rich world. But if their kids somehow become the flavor of the day for the local narcotics department, then they'll notice in a hurry.</p><p></p><p>That's a little different. I told McWeedy I'm not interested in getting other kids in trouble, but I'm not above removing some of the "temptations" in <em>his</em> life if he continues to live at my house, disrespect our family, and do things to put both himself and us in various forms of jeopardy.</p><p></p><p>Ultimately, the sad truth is that he'll probably struggle or fake it for a few months, then move out. His call, but I won't let it be said that I kicked him to the curb. I have given him every chance to change, given him every opportunity to seek the help that he needs, and given him every warning I possibly can about the consequences of his actions. If, despite all that, he finally walks away to continue his path of self-destruction, then the only thing I'll have left is the knowledge that I did everything I could.</p><p></p><p>I don't want to spend the rest of my life playing "what if" games. If he leaves, he turns his back on us after we did everything humanly possible. I won't like it, it'll hurt like the dickens, but eventually, I'll learn to live with it. If I don't go through the effort, and something bad happens, I'll end up blaming myself for the rest of my life with "what ifs".</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 59132, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You've admitted you're afraid to do or say anything about them. You can't blame him for not believing you mean it. </div></div> That's in reference to "Hookah Heaven", the place where the Dad smokes with his daughter and all the potheads go to party. What I'm talking about is more specific info about some of his friends that, should their parents "get hold of it", would really put a damper on their upper-crust WASP elitist lives. These parents don't care what their kids are doing, as long as it doesn't affect them or their little isolated rich world. But if their kids somehow become the flavor of the day for the local narcotics department, then they'll notice in a hurry. That's a little different. I told McWeedy I'm not interested in getting other kids in trouble, but I'm not above removing some of the "temptations" in [i]his[/i] life if he continues to live at my house, disrespect our family, and do things to put both himself and us in various forms of jeopardy. Ultimately, the sad truth is that he'll probably struggle or fake it for a few months, then move out. His call, but I won't let it be said that I kicked him to the curb. I have given him every chance to change, given him every opportunity to seek the help that he needs, and given him every warning I possibly can about the consequences of his actions. If, despite all that, he finally walks away to continue his path of self-destruction, then the only thing I'll have left is the knowledge that I did everything I could. I don't want to spend the rest of my life playing "what if" games. If he leaves, he turns his back on us after we did everything humanly possible. I won't like it, it'll hurt like the dickens, but eventually, I'll learn to live with it. If I don't go through the effort, and something bad happens, I'll end up blaming myself for the rest of my life with "what ifs". Mikey [/QUOTE]
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