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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 629592" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Mine, too. </p><p></p><p>But when he has moved home, it never helped him for long, and it cost us a truckload of money and grief and ongoing, never ending guilt. One time? We were having the house re-roofed. The workmen were having dinner with us at the end of the day because that is how we like to do it. difficult child would breeze through and act like the workmen were beneath him because they were shingling our roof for money.</p><p></p><p>At the time, difficult child was in his late twenties, living at home again, without a penny to his name.</p><p></p><p>A few months later, after he had flunked out of a community college he only registered in so he would not have to leave then, we forced him to leave.</p><p></p><p>It cost us $3500, that time.</p><p></p><p>Plus the car.</p><p></p><p>*************</p><p></p><p>And whenever we bought him a car or gave him one of our vehicles, it was, "Welcome to my life." or, "The difference between you and me, Barb, is that you can choose color and type, and I have to take what's left."</p><p></p><p>And I didn't know what to say, so I didn't say anything. But here's the thing: difficult child said that to me something like ten years ago, and I still feel badly about it. I wish he had been able to buy his own vehicle too, for his own sake. It would have meant he was okay.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 629592, member: 17461"] Mine, too. But when he has moved home, it never helped him for long, and it cost us a truckload of money and grief and ongoing, never ending guilt. One time? We were having the house re-roofed. The workmen were having dinner with us at the end of the day because that is how we like to do it. difficult child would breeze through and act like the workmen were beneath him because they were shingling our roof for money. At the time, difficult child was in his late twenties, living at home again, without a penny to his name. A few months later, after he had flunked out of a community college he only registered in so he would not have to leave then, we forced him to leave. It cost us $3500, that time. Plus the car. ************* And whenever we bought him a car or gave him one of our vehicles, it was, "Welcome to my life." or, "The difference between you and me, Barb, is that you can choose color and type, and I have to take what's left." And I didn't know what to say, so I didn't say anything. But here's the thing: difficult child said that to me something like ten years ago, and I still feel badly about it. I wish he had been able to buy his own vehicle too, for his own sake. It would have meant he was okay. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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