![]() Remember, when she annoys you, that you love your father and that his happiness is important to you. Given that most adults are unbearable to most teens, the chances are good that no matter who he chooses, you’ll find her annoying. I do urge you, possibly nonfictional letter writer, to remember that your father deserves love and intimacy in the aftermath of your mother’s departure. But he should not be going along with her bad ideas so gormlessly that he’s forced to slip his child twenties just so she can eat dinner in the warmth of a Hardee’s. It’s great that he’s found someone he loves, no matter how annoyed you are by-and how willing you are to diagnose the mental health issues of-her. Not when they have a fully functional dining room table! You are well within your rights to sit your father down and tell him to get a grip. The fact that she is still wiring money to guys after such an experience makes me wonder if she is simply a devoted socialist enacting her own personal plan for the redistribution of wealth from the wealthy to the needy (or at least the opportunistic).Ī family-real or imaginary-should not be eating its meals on the freezing-cold porch. I have gone back to your letter several times just to reread the number $200,000-and 100 grand of it came from her children! That is an astonishing amount of money to lose to a single bad actor. Unfortunately, that’s made her an easy mark, and she is behaving like the Platonic ideal of a scammee. Twelve years of caretaking, a husband who died in the middle of the pandemic-I’m not surprised she wishes there was someone in her life who might make her happier. Please help!įirst of all, I want to acknowledge that your poor mom has really been through the wringer. I don’t know whether to cut her off to reduce my stress, or to keep reminding her these rich guys who adore her are all fake. She is addicted to online dating but seems unhelpable. I don’t know how to get through to him, and I almost don’t recognize David anymore. I’ve always raised him to be accepting and friendly towards the huge range of human sexuality, and to see him apparently throwing away years of instruction and thinking that homosexuality is developed by wiping one’s rear has sent me into something of a tailspin. I am appalled at such a homophobic statement and I’m really at a loss for what to do here. ![]() He’s stopped wiping his ass, because he apparently believes that putting anything between his cheeks would make him gay. What I found out instead was much, much worse. Later that evening, I spoke to him in private about it and asked if he was having any digestive issues, which is what I thought was causing this. Further inspection revealed disgusting streaks in several of his pairs of underwear. I have an 11-year-old son, “David.” The other day I was in his room looking for something when I noticed a smell coming up from his laundry basket. Have a question about kids, parenting, or family life? Submit it here ! Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week.
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