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<blockquote data-quote="everywoman" data-source="post: 21075" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>Ditto to what Suz said in both posts.</p><p></p><p>Sue C.---Please don't think I'm critizing. I've been there done that. I made excuses for difficult child for years. It wasn't until I took a stand that he began to get his life together. It took husband much longer to get fed up. I He knew I would move out. He tried that ranting and raving one night. I called 911. The cops told him he had two choices, either live by my rules or leave my house. He chose, for a short while, to live by my rules. After he turned 18, it got bad again. finally told husband that I was moving or difficult child was moving, but I would no longer live in the same house with him. Even after he left, it took a while for him to get straight. He lived in squalor. He was actively abusing drugs. He wouldn't work and resorted to stealing what he needed from whoever had what he needed. It broke my heart, but it was what needed to happen.</p><p></p><p>PCdaughter is spoiled rotten. She will tell you that. She is a brat. She will also tell you that. She gets anything and everything she wants from husband---she just has to bat her blue eyes and he melts. But, she would never scream and curse at either of us, and if she did, that brand new Pontiac G6 would be parked indefinitely. She appreciates everything we do. She is going to college and working 15-25 hours a week---and she is only 17. </p><p></p><p>You need to institute Fran's rule of "do to get." It's a concept that Melissa needs to learn in order to function independently in the world. You only get, if you are contributing to your own life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="everywoman, post: 21075, member: 1436"] Ditto to what Suz said in both posts. Sue C.---Please don't think I'm critizing. I've been there done that. I made excuses for difficult child for years. It wasn't until I took a stand that he began to get his life together. It took husband much longer to get fed up. I He knew I would move out. He tried that ranting and raving one night. I called 911. The cops told him he had two choices, either live by my rules or leave my house. He chose, for a short while, to live by my rules. After he turned 18, it got bad again. finally told husband that I was moving or difficult child was moving, but I would no longer live in the same house with him. Even after he left, it took a while for him to get straight. He lived in squalor. He was actively abusing drugs. He wouldn't work and resorted to stealing what he needed from whoever had what he needed. It broke my heart, but it was what needed to happen. PCdaughter is spoiled rotten. She will tell you that. She is a brat. She will also tell you that. She gets anything and everything she wants from husband---she just has to bat her blue eyes and he melts. But, she would never scream and curse at either of us, and if she did, that brand new Pontiac G6 would be parked indefinitely. She appreciates everything we do. She is going to college and working 15-25 hours a week---and she is only 17. You need to institute Fran's rule of "do to get." It's a concept that Melissa needs to learn in order to function independently in the world. You only get, if you are contributing to your own life. [/QUOTE]
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