Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Parent Emeritus
major development with DS
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Beta" data-source="post: 755941" data-attributes="member: 22597"><p>Josh and I had some conversation after I got home from work yesterday. He wasn't scary or violent but he kept repeating the same track he gets on about helping him (or how we didn't help him when we said we would, moved too much, etc. etc.) I told him that he was free to leave any time and that if he was not happy here or refused to get along with us, we would buy him a ticket back to Denver. If he is going to stay here, and I hoped he would, he would need to be respectful. We kind of went "round and round." Finally, we both just walked away for a few minutes. I went back to him after a few minutes and as I started to say something, he kind of apologized and said, "I don't mean to seem ungrateful. I just need to figure out how to move forward and get out of here." I said, "The thought of you going back to Denver, with nowhere to go, being on the street, would break our hearts. We don't want to do that. So I am begging you to please make this work." Then I had to leave again for a period of time for a commitment, just before my husband got home.</p><p></p><p>I came home a couple of hours later, not knowing what to expect, because things had been pretty tense between my husband and Josh the night before, and I had texted my husband to say "I don't think this is going to work." Anyway, I walked in and they were both sitting at the table, talking normally, about football. Josh was pleasant and we had normal conversation at dinner. He stayed upstairs with us for a while, shared some YouTube videos he was watching, etc. It was eerie the way things were "normal" after so long of the other behavior. </p><p>Anyway, I'm not deluded into thinking all is well or anything. I don't know how long he will be here, but we got through the evening okay. I just wish he could find a job while he's here. We are moving out of state in mid-May so it will be pretty tough for him being here with no job, no car, nothing to do. </p><p></p><p>We didn't really think through this decision; we just kind of reacted. Just getting him off the street was the main focus the other night. Not sure what will happen or how this will play out, but I'll continue to post. I did check with the courthouse yesterday on how to do a mental health commitment and so I know what to do if he should become threatening or violent toward us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beta, post: 755941, member: 22597"] Josh and I had some conversation after I got home from work yesterday. He wasn't scary or violent but he kept repeating the same track he gets on about helping him (or how we didn't help him when we said we would, moved too much, etc. etc.) I told him that he was free to leave any time and that if he was not happy here or refused to get along with us, we would buy him a ticket back to Denver. If he is going to stay here, and I hoped he would, he would need to be respectful. We kind of went "round and round." Finally, we both just walked away for a few minutes. I went back to him after a few minutes and as I started to say something, he kind of apologized and said, "I don't mean to seem ungrateful. I just need to figure out how to move forward and get out of here." I said, "The thought of you going back to Denver, with nowhere to go, being on the street, would break our hearts. We don't want to do that. So I am begging you to please make this work." Then I had to leave again for a period of time for a commitment, just before my husband got home. I came home a couple of hours later, not knowing what to expect, because things had been pretty tense between my husband and Josh the night before, and I had texted my husband to say "I don't think this is going to work." Anyway, I walked in and they were both sitting at the table, talking normally, about football. Josh was pleasant and we had normal conversation at dinner. He stayed upstairs with us for a while, shared some YouTube videos he was watching, etc. It was eerie the way things were "normal" after so long of the other behavior. Anyway, I'm not deluded into thinking all is well or anything. I don't know how long he will be here, but we got through the evening okay. I just wish he could find a job while he's here. We are moving out of state in mid-May so it will be pretty tough for him being here with no job, no car, nothing to do. We didn't really think through this decision; we just kind of reacted. Just getting him off the street was the main focus the other night. Not sure what will happen or how this will play out, but I'll continue to post. I did check with the courthouse yesterday on how to do a mental health commitment and so I know what to do if he should become threatening or violent toward us. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Parent Emeritus
major development with DS
Top