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Hey everyone,
Been pretty busy lately and haven’t had a chance to visit the forum but a couple of times and even then didn’t have a chance to contribute. Truth is – I’m going crazy right now and feel like I’m being pulled in about thirty different directions.
Besides dealing with the stress of my job, the ex-GF and the normal stuff that comes with sharing custody of two little girls, my boys aren’t making things any easier.
Lets see the last time I checked in with the BCF – my son Matt had graduated high school (Phew! thank goodness!) but then the next day my older son (21yrs) who moved in with me while he gets himself back on his feet, got his arse fired from his job at the local grocery store. Frustrated – I toll him to quite whining about it and get another.
That’s when he told me that he was “thinking about talking to the Navy recruiter and that…..” I didn’t even let him finish that sentence and started contacting my contacts at the local recruiters. As I dialed the number I told him that I was wondering when he’d get tired of one crummy job after another. Anyway right now he’s on track and it looks like he’s going to be an Electrician’s Mate and I look at it this way even if he hates it – when he gets out he’ll do a darn site better than flipping burgers or stocking grocery shelves and he’ll have money for collage.
As for my younger son Matt (the recent HS Grad) while he hasn’t actually said so, he seems to have gotten cold feet about the Marines and while I’m not upset – I’m not happy either. So I told him that he needs to get a plan together by the end of the month. Because if he’s not going into the Military & going to stay in my house he either needs to enroll in the local Jr. Collage, get a Job and start paying rent. BTW I also reminded him that if he doesn’t go into the Marine Corps or any branch of the military, my offer to buy him a car is off the table. Personally I told him he’s making a mistake and that based on his performance in High School he’s not ready for collage & think he’s going to go stumble around from one dead-end job to another just like his older brothers did.
Ugh! And people complain about the terrible twos. I think teenagers & young adults are the hardest ages.
Been pretty busy lately and haven’t had a chance to visit the forum but a couple of times and even then didn’t have a chance to contribute. Truth is – I’m going crazy right now and feel like I’m being pulled in about thirty different directions.
Besides dealing with the stress of my job, the ex-GF and the normal stuff that comes with sharing custody of two little girls, my boys aren’t making things any easier.
Lets see the last time I checked in with the BCF – my son Matt had graduated high school (Phew! thank goodness!) but then the next day my older son (21yrs) who moved in with me while he gets himself back on his feet, got his arse fired from his job at the local grocery store. Frustrated – I toll him to quite whining about it and get another.
That’s when he told me that he was “thinking about talking to the Navy recruiter and that…..” I didn’t even let him finish that sentence and started contacting my contacts at the local recruiters. As I dialed the number I told him that I was wondering when he’d get tired of one crummy job after another. Anyway right now he’s on track and it looks like he’s going to be an Electrician’s Mate and I look at it this way even if he hates it – when he gets out he’ll do a darn site better than flipping burgers or stocking grocery shelves and he’ll have money for collage.
As for my younger son Matt (the recent HS Grad) while he hasn’t actually said so, he seems to have gotten cold feet about the Marines and while I’m not upset – I’m not happy either. So I told him that he needs to get a plan together by the end of the month. Because if he’s not going into the Military & going to stay in my house he either needs to enroll in the local Jr. Collage, get a Job and start paying rent. BTW I also reminded him that if he doesn’t go into the Marine Corps or any branch of the military, my offer to buy him a car is off the table. Personally I told him he’s making a mistake and that based on his performance in High School he’s not ready for collage & think he’s going to go stumble around from one dead-end job to another just like his older brothers did.
Ugh! And people complain about the terrible twos. I think teenagers & young adults are the hardest ages.
