Kelly

Well, you know, we'll start by saying we don't disagree. Like, we get it, right? Oh, man, I thought we were going to fight. We've got boundaries.

Yeah, well, but I'm going to ask you to put a comma at the end of the sentence and not a period. Okay.

Yeah, well, but I'm going to ask you to put a comma at the end of the sentence and not a period. Okay.

Yeah, well, but I'm going to ask you to put a comma at the end of the sentence and not a period. Okay.

So the comma is your parents don't get a vote. And our question is what comes after the comma, right? So we've got a 33-year-old son who's on a dead-end road. And we've bailed him out. We've helped him out. We've done all the things to set him up for success. But he just keeps making really bad choices that he doesn't talk to us about because he's, you know, autonomous. He's doing his own thing.

So the comma is your parents don't get a vote. And our question is what comes after the comma, right? So we've got a 33-year-old son who's on a dead-end road. And we've bailed him out. We've helped him out. We've done all the things to set him up for success. But he just keeps making really bad choices that he doesn't talk to us about because he's, you know, autonomous. He's doing his own thing.

So the comma is your parents don't get a vote. And our question is what comes after the comma, right? So we've got a 33-year-old son who's on a dead-end road. And we've bailed him out. We've helped him out. We've done all the things to set him up for success. But he just keeps making really bad choices that he doesn't talk to us about because he's, you know, autonomous. He's doing his own thing.

And we're just at the point of asking and really kind of, I guess, clarifying, are we doing the right thing by not bailing him out, by not helping? Like, hey, he made his choices. He didn't ask our input or take our advice. And so are we somehow responsible for helping him clean up another mess?

And we're just at the point of asking and really kind of, I guess, clarifying, are we doing the right thing by not bailing him out, by not helping? Like, hey, he made his choices. He didn't ask our input or take our advice. And so are we somehow responsible for helping him clean up another mess?

And we're just at the point of asking and really kind of, I guess, clarifying, are we doing the right thing by not bailing him out, by not helping? Like, hey, he made his choices. He didn't ask our input or take our advice. And so are we somehow responsible for helping him clean up another mess?

I mean, he's at this point. So he's clean and sober. So let me just clear that. He has a past substance abuse history. he's really marginally employed at best, kind of by choice. And he might have some anxiety that has gotten in the way of him being successful and holding down jobs, but he's gotten fired from two good jobs. He is like a banana peel away from slipping into being homeless.

I mean, he's at this point. So he's clean and sober. So let me just clear that. He has a past substance abuse history. he's really marginally employed at best, kind of by choice. And he might have some anxiety that has gotten in the way of him being successful and holding down jobs, but he's gotten fired from two good jobs. He is like a banana peel away from slipping into being homeless.

I mean, he's at this point. So he's clean and sober. So let me just clear that. He has a past substance abuse history. he's really marginally employed at best, kind of by choice. And he might have some anxiety that has gotten in the way of him being successful and holding down jobs, but he's gotten fired from two good jobs. He is like a banana peel away from slipping into being homeless.

He is that close. And he's been there before and we've, you know, bailed him out. Of course, you always have a safe place to land here and blah, blah, blah. And then he just doesn't get his act together. We've always focused on his potential. We see the good in him.

He is that close. And he's been there before and we've, you know, bailed him out. Of course, you always have a safe place to land here and blah, blah, blah. And then he just doesn't get his act together. We've always focused on his potential. We see the good in him.

He is that close. And he's been there before and we've, you know, bailed him out. Of course, you always have a safe place to land here and blah, blah, blah. And then he just doesn't get his act together. We've always focused on his potential. We see the good in him.

We see, man, we work really hard to show him grace and love and like just all the unconditional things that we want him to experience. But it's just, he's just, not, you know, he's not adulting really well.

We see, man, we work really hard to show him grace and love and like just all the unconditional things that we want him to experience. But it's just, he's just, not, you know, he's not adulting really well.

We see, man, we work really hard to show him grace and love and like just all the unconditional things that we want him to experience. But it's just, he's just, not, you know, he's not adulting really well.

Yeah, well, I think in all of that, part of the frustration was, yeah, he wasn't honest with us, but it's not like he got fired and then started searching for another job. It's not like he was like busting his butt, hey, I'll shovel driveways through the wintertime to make 20 bucks to try and cover whatever. He just stuck his head in the sand and disappeared until the truth came out.