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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 688991" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Perhaps if he shows up at your door and you cannot turn him away, you might offer a different alternative. I know this sounds absurd on many levels, but what about telling him since he cannot take care of the room you've offered him and he cannot do the work you asked of him, offer him residence in a tent he can erect on your property. If you have a lot of property, as far from the main house as possible. </p><p></p><p>At one point in my illustrious career as my daughter's keeper, I had no more bedrooms available since her daughter and my mother were also living with me......I said, " you can put up that green tent you have on the back patio."</p><p></p><p>It created quite a bit of dark comedy, for instance, my granddaughter asking me, "Grammy, what am I supposed to tell my friends when they come over and see that ugly green thing out there? How can I say, 'Oh, that's where my mother lives." And we just looked at each other and cracked up. She said, "it looks like <em>hobos</em> live here with us." </p><p></p><p>But really, if you can't turn him away, then he gets what he gets.....or maybe he gets what he deserves. To sleep in a tent. If he trashes it, you don't have to look at it, it isn't inside your home or on your rental property.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 688991, member: 13542"] Perhaps if he shows up at your door and you cannot turn him away, you might offer a different alternative. I know this sounds absurd on many levels, but what about telling him since he cannot take care of the room you've offered him and he cannot do the work you asked of him, offer him residence in a tent he can erect on your property. If you have a lot of property, as far from the main house as possible. At one point in my illustrious career as my daughter's keeper, I had no more bedrooms available since her daughter and my mother were also living with me......I said, " you can put up that green tent you have on the back patio." It created quite a bit of dark comedy, for instance, my granddaughter asking me, "Grammy, what am I supposed to tell my friends when they come over and see that ugly green thing out there? How can I say, 'Oh, that's where my mother lives." And we just looked at each other and cracked up. She said, "it looks like [I]hobos[/I] live here with us." But really, if you can't turn him away, then he gets what he gets.....or maybe he gets what he deserves. To sleep in a tent. If he trashes it, you don't have to look at it, it isn't inside your home or on your rental property. [/QUOTE]
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