Author Topic: Are you over 18 years old and still living at home? (Read 1458 times)

Ripsnort · « **on:** May 16, 2002, 10:34:34 AM »

Just curious...why? I'm "planning" my future when that day comes for my boys...personally, when I was 18, I packed up a suitcase full of clothes and with $100 found my dreams...I think the best thing that ever happened to me in my life was not only booting myself out of the house, but moving 1700 miles away (talk about taking yourself out of a comfort zone!)

My wife and I plan to move to Montana when the youngest turns 18. They're welcome to come with us, but meeting one of two conditions: A) You are working and paying us rent...or B) You are attending college or a trade school.

Is that too much to ask for? Incidently, they both will have a 6 figure bank account when we move(Started mutual funds for both when they were born), so I won't feel guilty about leaving them with no $$

Skuzzy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2002, 10:55:51 AM »

Perfectly reasonable to me Rip.

Hehe, when I returned home on high school grad night, all my stuff was sitting on the front porch and the lock to the house had been changed.
My Dad told me for many years he was going do it, but I thought he was just bluffing.

I packed my stuff into my car and never looked back, slept in it that night (was too wasted to drive) and started a new life the next day.

My son packed himself up and joined the Air Force 1 week after high school graduation last year. He is still in SEER school, with that graduation coming up in July. The Air Force has asked if he would like to become a SEER instructor. He is still thinking about it.
I am pretty proud of him. They do not ask just anyone to become a SEER instructor.

Oops,..was that a thread hi-jack? Uh-oh....my bad. Can't help it though. I am a proud Papa.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2002, 10:58:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Perfectly reasonable to me Rip.

Hehe, when I returned home on high school grad night, all my stuff was sitting on the front porch and the lock to the house had been changed.
My Dad told me for many years he was going do it, but I thought he was just bluffing.

I packed my stuff into my car and never looked back, slept in it that night (was too wasted to drive) and started a new life the next day.

My son packed himself up and joined the Air Force 1 week after high school graduation last year. He is still in SEER school, with that graduation coming up in July. The Air Force has asked if he would like to become a SEER instructor. He is still thinking about it.
I am pretty proud of him. They do not ask just anyone to become a SEER instructor.

Oops,..was that a thread hi-jack? Uh-oh....my bad. Can't help it though. I am a proud Papa.

Nope, no hijacking at all! That's the kinda of stories I was looking for! Thats great Skuzzy...say, you and your Dad still close? I mean, he did that for your own good, not some self serving purpose for himself?

batdog · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:00:16 AM »

SEER, ouchie... he been "captured" yet?

xBAT

Skuzzy · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:01:37 AM »

Nah, me and Dad are close. No hard feelings at all. Heck,..he warned me

. I was glad he did it. Within 3 days after I was given the heave-ho, I had a job, a place to live and saved enough money for Fall registration in college.
My folks weren't rich so college was something we kids had to do on our own. It was hard, but I think it made me a better person.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:05:30 AM »

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Originally posted by batdog
SEER, ouchie... he been "captured" yet?

xBAT

Only in training. He managed to evade one capture, and got caught the second time around.

He had an edge though

. I went through SEER when I was in the Air Force, so I gave him a little heads up on what to expect. Really odd. No one in the family knew I went through SEER. It was not something I liked talking about.
So it came as a huge surprise when he told me he had signed up for SEER. Really bizarre.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:11:01 AM »

SEER training:
What will I gain from taking the SEER training?

All of us are searching for Love (Universal Energy or Chi). Love is often elusive. We try to find the experience of Love in our relationships; we try to remove perceived obstacles to Love by undertaking psychotherapy; we attempt to find it in some religious experience or epiphany; we take psychodelic drugs to get a glimpse of Love and we amass power and wealth in the hope that we can control it or buy it. SEER is more than a course in relationships, a psychotherapeutic endeavor, or a spiritual experience. It is a fundamental quest for Love in the only place you can find it, in the inner Self. The inward journey is a challenging journey, but one well worth taking. You will be introduced to a world that few have had the courage to explore: the world of the self and the Self.

Russian · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:19:34 AM »

Joined AF after my AF job became available, had to pay rent and I had 2 jobs until day I left. Best decision of my life and I like it here.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:21:15 AM »

lol Rip.

I guess you could view it from that perspective, but lemme tell ya,..those bruises, cuts, broken/cracked bones, and general hemmorages, are not spiritual.
And I do not think love has a lot to do with an instructor knocking you on your arse, repeatedly.

Monk · « **Reply #9 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:37:19 AM »

Maan, I'm 38 and live at home. Ya'll live outside or what?

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:45:42 AM »

Ripsnort doesnt tell that he moved away from his parents 1700 miles away - to be pampered by his grand parents. He still gets served his daily cup'o tea by the 90 year old granny.

Monk · « **Reply #11 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:50:22 AM »

Rip, joined the MARINES when I was 17, best thing that happened to me. Parents and I closer then ever:D

Kanth · « **Reply #12 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:53:21 AM »

Aww you beat me to it

except the 38 part hehehehe

Kanthy

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Originally posted by Monk
Maan, I'm 38 and live at home. Ya'll live outside or what?

Curval · « **Reply #13 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:53:33 AM »

18? Geeze you guys wait a while.

I was "moved out" of my home when I was 10 years old. British boarding school...approximately 4000 miles from home!

Staga · « **Reply #14 on:** May 16, 2002, 11:57:34 AM »

I left my parents and their condo when I was 18 (I paid rent to them since I was 16) and bought it from them 12 years later. They both visits me once or twice in a month but now it's my property; Not theirs.
Oh and I also kicked my mom out from there once; I told her few friends are coming to my place for a weekend and 'cause she didn't call me that she was coming for a visit... Life can be tough sometimes