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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 655895" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>When this woman first contacted me, she vented about how much she wants this kid out of her house and how much she and her husband "want their lives back."</p><p></p><p>I met the kid and he basically seems sullen and morose. Spoke very little, but made eye contact when introduced. I don't think he's on the spectrum, but I did get the feeling that he wasn't anywhere as excited as I would've been at the prospect of a free place to live for my first home on my own.</p><p></p><p>And, believe me, even before "fixing up", this trailer is a LOT nicer than Stu's and my first place together was. That apartment left me with a life-long phobia about cockroaches that I haven't been able to shake.</p><p></p><p>There were some things that bothered me. The kid smokes, which is none of my business. (I quit in December and use an e-cig now). He had the decency to not light up in the house, but I had to get on him to pick up his butts while I gave them the tour of the outside of the house to show them defects and good points and to tell them what was what landscaping wise.</p><p></p><p>My suspicion is that the place, once re-done and set up for gaming, is going to turn into party-central for the 20-something slacker crowd, and as you said, SWOT, the neighbors won't put up with it at all.</p><p></p><p>I just find the whole thing odd because I was looking at apt ads 6 months before I turned 18, had been working for 4 years by then, and didn't let the door hit me in the rear end when I hit the magic age.</p><p></p><p>Now, it seems parents are desperately trying to get their kids to leave home. Very different. Of course, I was doing my own laundry and cooking meals and cleaning house long before I moved out. Perhaps that is the difference. I also contributed financially to the household when I started working.</p><p></p><p>I just wonder if the kid is going to appreciate this place since he's not investing any of his own money or sweat into it. His parents are going to be putting several thousand dollars into this place if they buy it, over and above the purchase price to fix it up and modernize it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 655895, member: 1963"] When this woman first contacted me, she vented about how much she wants this kid out of her house and how much she and her husband "want their lives back." I met the kid and he basically seems sullen and morose. Spoke very little, but made eye contact when introduced. I don't think he's on the spectrum, but I did get the feeling that he wasn't anywhere as excited as I would've been at the prospect of a free place to live for my first home on my own. And, believe me, even before "fixing up", this trailer is a LOT nicer than Stu's and my first place together was. That apartment left me with a life-long phobia about cockroaches that I haven't been able to shake. There were some things that bothered me. The kid smokes, which is none of my business. (I quit in December and use an e-cig now). He had the decency to not light up in the house, but I had to get on him to pick up his butts while I gave them the tour of the outside of the house to show them defects and good points and to tell them what was what landscaping wise. My suspicion is that the place, once re-done and set up for gaming, is going to turn into party-central for the 20-something slacker crowd, and as you said, SWOT, the neighbors won't put up with it at all. I just find the whole thing odd because I was looking at apt ads 6 months before I turned 18, had been working for 4 years by then, and didn't let the door hit me in the rear end when I hit the magic age. Now, it seems parents are desperately trying to get their kids to leave home. Very different. Of course, I was doing my own laundry and cooking meals and cleaning house long before I moved out. Perhaps that is the difference. I also contributed financially to the household when I started working. I just wonder if the kid is going to appreciate this place since he's not investing any of his own money or sweat into it. His parents are going to be putting several thousand dollars into this place if they buy it, over and above the purchase price to fix it up and modernize it. [/QUOTE]
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