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By oldmama728 - 28/04/2011 11:07

Today, I once again told my son he needed a job and a girlfriend because I simply could not keep him in my house anymore. He yelled, "No, I can do whatever I want!" Then went back to playing video games. He's 38. FML

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Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out

By Mom - 17/07/2023 15:00

Today, I told my 21 year-old son he either has to break up with his girlfriend, who fills his head with lies about me, or I'd stop speaking to him. He laughed and said he'd fine with us not speaking ever again. FML

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Thursday 28 April 2011 15:59

Did you ever think about addressing this problem a little earlier?

Doortje 29

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:00

YDI for letting it get that far. Just throw his stuff out and change the locks. The guy is 38 for ****'s sake.

Comments

catkat1988 17

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:25

You're not really doing him any favours by letting him stay at your place for a lifetime. He needs a wakeup-call. Either tell him he isn't allowed to play video-games in your house (your house, your rules - true, he can do whatever he wants, anywhere else, but not in your house), tell him he needs to pay rent, electricity and food if he wants to stay, or simply tell him he has 2-3 months to move out. And whatever you do, stick to it and enforce it, no matter what he says and does. No one should be allowed to live off their parents until the age of 40.

oakhan34 0

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:28

Stepbrothers 2 in the making.

MRSMOJORISIN_fml 0

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:29

HAHA.... EVER SEEN THE MOVIE STEP BROTHERS?? lol FYI and his

immunizations 0

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:35

By 25 he should've has his own place by now. YDI for not addressing this earlier. How old were you when you moved out of your parent's, mid-40s?

Gummybearjunkie 3

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:36

just throw him out.

nancyfantastic 3

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:37

YDI for letting him get away with it for so long. Simply telling him every so often that he needs to become a productive member of society obviously isn't working. Grow a set and cut him off. If he's not contributing to your household don't let him reap the benefits. Make him buy his own food, wash his own clothing and dishes, pay rent and part of the other house hold expenses. When he can't pay up kick the bum out. I would also like to know how is he buying video games if he has no job....

lolwutdino 9

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:37

FOREVER ALONE.

that_is_Nathy 9

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:41

Probably the time for being consequent: Tell him to get his ass out of the house. Tell him, he's got 2 month for finding a flat (and if its a 1room flat in a shitty place - if he had a job he could do better) if he hasn't, kick him out anyway. He'll make it one way or the other. If you let him do whatever he wants, then he's technically right so YDI.

ElGranOrgo 0

Thursday 28 April 2011 16:41

single mother I bet, therefore she probably felt bad for him or was too busy banging other men to pay any attention to him until now that she's not married to anyone...or vice versa. ydi either way.

RedPillSucks 31

Thursday 28 April 2011 18:27

Is that what happened to your mom and you? Cause I can't imagine you think you know enough to generalize/stereotype about a whole lot of people whose circumstance you can't even begin to understand.

ElGranOrgo 0

Thursday 28 April 2011 20:00

Nope, my parents bestowed upon me morals, values and integrity and to get a JOB and to live on my own, unlike OP who allowed her baby-child to leech off of her for 38 years.