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    Default check him out...

    .... have you actually found out why 'slugboy' at 25 doesn't drive...mmm
    I would be checking all his credentials... doesn't seem to have a back bone...

    We all do over & above for kids... its a non negotiable field... we all are guilty of this & would do it over & over...
    But ... along the way lets be sensible ... if he needs checking out... do so... mmm... like the last idea also...lol... but would be worried showing any lazy oath my tool assets.
    Lots of parents out here feeling for you mate...
    Don't worry.. sometimes its the other way around... my son was prime target for girls with nothing....he was a big earner/ big spender & was far to generous... MUM had to watch his big pennies .... he had two houses & lots of toys... just took him some time to get the brains...... finally found a lovely young teacher... & now settled.. but for a few years I was worried.. ... thank goodness all fine now... what a difference the right one makes...!!!!
    goodluck
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    Don 't have daughters but three sons, none of whom are slug boys and for that I am thankful.

    At the moment however, I am observing plenty of angst among friends and family her in Brasil who have similar issues.

    We all love our children. but there is a difference between a soft heart and a soft head. Tough love is often the answer, provided it's not left for too long.




    Quote Originally Posted by Brudda View Post
    Might I suggest you do similar to what I once did.. Take "slug boy" out into the workshop, and introduce him to the machines you will use to make his body disappear if he makes your daughters life a misery.

    My "slug boy" didn't come back

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    I'm so sorry Phil, but I breed "slug-boys." May the Lord have mercy on my soul.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Brudda View Post
    Phil, I feel your pain.. I have had to help move 2 daughters, one to Cairnes, and one to Brisbaine, the one from Cairnes came home after 3 months.

    Fathers do for their daughters because we still want to protect them, After all we were once a slug boy ourselves

    Might I suggest you do similar to what I once did.. Take "slug boy" out into the workshop, and introduce him to the machines you will use to make his body disappear if he makes your daughters life a misery.

    My "slug boy" didn't come back
    I like this idea, problem is he is to fat to go through the thicknesser, could put his hand across the jointer
    Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I´m not so sure about the universe.


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    Quote Originally Posted by kekemo View Post
    MUM had to watch his big pennies .... .
    Sorry had to read THIS twice
    I try and do new things twice.. the first time to see if I can do it.. the second time to see if I like it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sawmaster View Post
    I'm so sorry Phil, but I breed "slug-boys." May the Lord have mercy on my soul.
    One day we MAY forgive you.. one day........
    I try and do new things twice.. the first time to see if I can do it.. the second time to see if I like it
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    Default You blew it , Phil!!

    You are getting slow, Phil. 26 years old and still at home sponging off you?? Car, furniture, removal costs all met by you?? What has she been doing to pay her way in life ?

    You should have made it perfectly clear that she was leaving home and that there was no returning. That day she was moving, I would have had contract painters in her room for her to see, ripping down all the posters, repairing all the dints and kick marks, and repainting the room, making it into your study or an office. Your workshop shpuld have been working overtime making new furntiture to suit. That way she would get the message that she has left home, and needs to learn to stand on her own two feet. Tough love!! She would soon realise that Slug Boy was not the ideal supportive partner she needed for this next phase of her life.

    Opportunities like that only come once in a lifetime, Phil, and need to be grabbed with both hands. Looks like you allowed the status quo to be restored! Silly man.



    regards,
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    he he he

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    Quote Originally Posted by JillB View Post
    You are getting slow, Phil. 26 years old and still at home sponging off you?? Car, furniture, removal costs all met by you?? What has she been doing to pay her way in life ?

    You should have made it perfectly clear that she was leaving home and that there was no returning. That day she was moving, I would have had contract painters in her room for her to see, ripping down all the posters, repairing all the dints and kick marks, and repainting the room, making it into your study or an office. Your workshop shpuld have been working overtime making new furntiture to suit. That way she would get the message that she has left home, and needs to learn to stand on her own two feet. Tough love!! She would soon realise that Slug Boy was not the ideal supportive partner she needed for this next phase of her life.

    Opportunities like that only come once in a lifetime, Phil, and need to be grabbed with both hands. Looks like you allowed the status quo to be restored! Silly man.



    regards,
    Jill

    he he he
    I was thrown out of home Jill what's wrong with loving ones daughter and not wanting her to experience the same trauma?

    In doing so I have relived the trauma that I went through, to this day I still don't talk to my father.

    Compounding all this my daughter has CFS.
    Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I´m not so sure about the universe.


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    I'm 26 i moved out of home when i was 18, owned my first house at 23 and at the moment own 2 houses (trying to sell one). I don't understand how people can make it to that sort of age and still be living with their parents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Spencer View Post
    I was thrown out of home Jill what's wrong with loving ones daughter and not wanting her to experience the same trauma?

    In doing so I have relived the trauma that I went through, to this day I still don't talk to my father.
    Jeez Phil, a year is a long time to not to talk to your father.
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    I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.


    Regards, Woodwould.

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    Mark Twain wrote " I left home at the age of 14 due to the fact my father was such an idiot. I returned years later and was surprised to find how much the old man had learned since I left". We all over compensate for the sins we perceive our parents made, and this is classic over compensation

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    Jeez Phil, a year is a long time to not to talk to your father.
    A year is a extremely long time, I went longer than that.. the last thing I said to my dad after a year of non talking was "rest in peace"
    I try and do new things twice.. the first time to see if I can do it.. the second time to see if I like it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    Jeez Phil, a year is a long time to not to talk to your father.
    Quote Originally Posted by Brudda View Post
    A year is a extremely long time, I went longer than that.. the last thing I said to my dad after a year of non talking was "rest in peace"
    Left home about 36 years ago, tried talking to him but I gave up too beligerant and nastey and couldn't tell the truth if he tried. Can only bang ones head against the wall for so long.
    Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I´m not so sure about the universe.


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    Quote Originally Posted by nihilism View Post
    I'm 26 i moved out of home when i was 18, owned my first house at 23 and at the moment own 2 houses (trying to sell one). I don't understand how people can make it to that sort of age and still be living with their parents.
    Do you have a girl friend??
    Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I´m not so sure about the universe.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Spencer View Post
    Do you have a girl friend??
    and if not, do you want one

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