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My son is a total pothead loser slacker, what should I do?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 802891:MV85MTAxNTVfMTQwOTA0MDZfMzE0ODgzRTU=] So, people are recomending the obvious stuff, dontcha think we've tried? Example, I knew the Everquest thing was a problem, I think he's been playing that stupid game since he was 14, mebbe earlier. Hell, it's partly my fault, I gave him my old computer when I upgraded, I used to love playing flight sim games, I never understood the attraction of the role play games, there was no winner, no end, you never seem to "win" or lose. Yes, that's a foreign concept to me, it's a total waste of time, you say, "hypocrite, you play games to" yes that's true but I don't/didnt play games to distraction. I smashed his computer years ago (with a hammer) because he refused to stop playing the game, I decided it was enough. He got a friend to help him build another one. So I disconnected the ethernet going to his room, he'd sneak out and reconnect it. I CUT the wire going to his room, he bought new cable (50 bucks worth TWICE!) and ran it [I]under the carpet [/i]thinking I wouldnt see it, I cut it again. I started disconnecting the modem, he calls AT&T and has them try and install DSL on my house (where we already have cable) I tell ATT to remove it, 6 months ago or so he gets Clearwire in his room, this everquest is a powerful addiction (I looked into it, they call it "Evercrack" for a reason) His drive crashed on his PC, so he goes in my office, takes a backup drive from a removable bay thing and FORMATS and reinstalls his OS on it! He takes my Craftsman wrenches and grinds them to fit on a bike part, I bought him lots of tools, but he loses them as soon as he needs something he just TAKES it, he wasnt raised like that. And he lies constantly. [/quote]
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My son:
20 years old
Pizza delivery/pizza cook job, he makes 8/hr
Everquest(crack) addiction
Continues to smoke weed
Refuses to join military
Attends Community College has 1 (ONE) class (they were "all full"..)
wrecked every car he's driven (including 2 of mine & my wife's)
No savings (even though he pays no room and board)
All he wants to do is BMX bike at the skate park and play everquest.
Multiple run ins with 5.0 over riding BIKE in SKATE park..
also posession of 420 charges
He WAS an Olympic class/candidate swimmer (multiple national reportable times, some USA records in 15-18 boys class)
He started out high school with a 3.9 GPA as a freshman and had real possibility of scholarship in Ivy league or Academy school -threw that away of course.
Me:
Totally squared away (NEVER used drugs- ever.)
Left home at 18 joined Army
Served 5 years Panama, El Salvador)as non-com
BS University of California (I paid for it myself)
6 figures in bank, home will be paid for in 5 more years
Working same job for 16 years NEVER MIssed a DAY not one.
WTF would YOU do?
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