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<blockquote data-quote="1905" data-source="post: 60801" data-attributes="member: 2668"><p>Hi! My son has ODD and he is 20. The troubles only got worse as he grew.At school-constant suspensions.At home-lying,stealing, wrecking the house...etc.. He got kicked out of the Marines before he even left for Bootcamp. But now he is 20, living on his own, working, paying his bills, and is doing fine. We had a hard time(an understatement if there ever was one). We even had to get a restraining order against him at one point. Now we do have a relationship, we went out for dinner with him and a friend last week. College was not for him, even though he is extremely intelligent. But really, who knows?-He's only 20. If you love your girlfriend, and can find time for yourselves when things get rough, and YOURself too-and you can really live like this, then stick with it. I know the feeling of "I can't live like this", and I know life is short, I don't like to waste time being upset and walking on eggshells. No one should-luckily you have your own home to retreat to. Don't take it to the next step,as you said, you can't live under the same roof as the child. You can, however, get the finest support here.-Alyssa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1905, post: 60801, member: 2668"] Hi! My son has ODD and he is 20. The troubles only got worse as he grew.At school-constant suspensions.At home-lying,stealing, wrecking the house...etc.. He got kicked out of the Marines before he even left for Bootcamp. But now he is 20, living on his own, working, paying his bills, and is doing fine. We had a hard time(an understatement if there ever was one). We even had to get a restraining order against him at one point. Now we do have a relationship, we went out for dinner with him and a friend last week. College was not for him, even though he is extremely intelligent. But really, who knows?-He's only 20. If you love your girlfriend, and can find time for yourselves when things get rough, and YOURself too-and you can really live like this, then stick with it. I know the feeling of "I can't live like this", and I know life is short, I don't like to waste time being upset and walking on eggshells. No one should-luckily you have your own home to retreat to. Don't take it to the next step,as you said, you can't live under the same roof as the child. You can, however, get the finest support here.-Alyssa [/QUOTE]
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