Author Topic: Are you over 18 years old and still living at home? (Read 1466 times)

funkedup · « **Reply #45 on:** May 16, 2002, 03:38:37 PM »

Rip you are asking a bunch of grown men who play computer games for advice on raising kids.
Think about it.

Curval · « **Reply #46 on:** May 16, 2002, 04:52:47 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
Rip you are asking a bunch of grown men who play computer games for advice on raising kids.
Think about it.

Don't think he is looking for advice...just opinions.

[puckers up]

Sounds to me like he is doing a pretty good job.

[unpuckers]

AcId · « **Reply #47 on:** May 16, 2002, 05:03:31 PM »

Yeah, you'd be surprised that some of us folks here can actually maintain a serious train of thought and be able to put it into words without bashing the crap outta what someone else said

We ain't all that bad funked

Though we do have out moments on this BBS *sigh-shakes head*

Animal · « **Reply #48 on:** May 16, 2002, 05:59:10 PM »

I am 19 and will live with my father until I am 20. Then I will move out to another state. He is indifferent about me leaving or staying.
It a sweet deal for him. I pay all my stuff. I keep the house clean and everything working, including the cars. He never sees me, neither I him. I use a room that would otherwise be empty and gathering dust if I werent there.

So its like living in a house that cleans itself, and steals the booze from the cabinet from time to time.

Usually here if we stay to study, the colleges are pretty near, and our parent love us and dont see any reason why they should kick us out of the house.
The delinquent teens usually end up in jail anyways, so that problem sorts itself out.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #49 on:** May 16, 2002, 06:00:25 PM »

Last year my wife and I quit our jobs, sold our house, and moved from Colorado to Ohio. We are now living in the house that she grew up in, with her parents. We didn't want our kids growing up without really getting to know their grandparents. Life is actually better for my wife and I, our kids, and my in-laws in our multi generational household (ages 5 months to 82 years). My kids always have somone to: play with, read to them, watch them, talk to, teach them, love them, etc. We plan on buying a bigger house just down the street for all of us to live in.

As for the "making it on your own" thing, been there. I got my first real job when I was in Kindergarden. Later I mowed lawns, shined shoes, etc. In high school I started my own business. In college I loaned my parents money to buy a car and for the down payment on their house (now we're as poor as rocks). At age 29 I moved to Hawaii, out of the blue, and started all over. At age 30 I met my wife and we moved to Colorado, out of the blue, and started all over, together.

I think I'm done with starting all over...

eskimo

Ripsnort · « **Reply #50 on:** May 16, 2002, 06:14:01 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
Rip you are asking a bunch of grown men who play computer games for advice on raising kids.
Think about it.

And your point? Sometimes we post to say "I think I'm going to do this...but if you were in my shoes, what would/have you done?" Always interesting hearing feedback...food for thought.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #51 on:** May 16, 2002, 06:18:41 PM »

Cool story Eskimo!

~~I hear back east alot of Jewish, Italian ( probably a dozen other nationalities) families live with 2nd and 3rd generation.~~

midnight Target · « **Reply #52 on:** May 16, 2002, 06:48:41 PM »

Assuming you missed my earlier post on this point Rip. Yes they do, well Italian families like mine did anyway.

easymo · « **Reply #53 on:** May 16, 2002, 07:32:10 PM »

Aaaa. Speechless.

Pongo · « **Reply #54 on:** May 16, 2002, 07:38:04 PM »

Two boys 9 and 10 Rip..
Education plans in place, Im close to several schools if they want to attend they can rent my basement. If they dont they better have a good plan cause they are not going to hang out here till they are 20 cleaning the house like some dead beat.

Karnak · « **Reply #55 on:** May 16, 2002, 10:53:48 PM »

I'm not living at home, I haven't for a long time.

When I graduated from high school, I rented my grandma's basement for $100.00 a month and attended school.

Now, I could move back in with my mother anytime I want....

'Course, I own the house she's living in, so that kinda invalidates "running home to mommy" part of the option.

Tumor · « **Reply #56 on:** May 17, 2002, 12:29:57 AM »

One of my 3 son's will be 18 next February. He's gotten himself into a tight spot in that he's now "repeating" the 9th grade. It's only half as bad as it sounds, I sent him through kindergarten a second time years ago because his first was in a DoD school overseas which was really no more than a daycare, we moved to Montana which has an excellent education system and he was way behind. He did great right up until the 9th grade then suddenly something I call "The dork factor" set in and his highest grade all year was a "D", it was a nightmare but all I could get out of him was "I don't like school". Anyway, now he's looking at being 21 when he graduates HS. He recently asked me about a GED (I knew that was coming). I know it sounds hard-assed but I told him that once he's 18 he's either in school or looking for a new roof to live under, no if's, and's or but's about it. He's doing very good in school now (go figure), however I'm still worried.

Pongo · « **Reply #57 on:** May 17, 2002, 12:32:53 AM »

Good luck tumor! It will turn out bud...

eskimo2 · « **Reply #58 on:** May 17, 2002, 12:50:01 AM »

Tumor,
Man that one's a toughy.
"The dork factor" didn't hit me till the 2nd semester in college...
Man, he might be able to leagally drink on graduation night! LOL.
I hope it all works out, I think you made the right call.

eskimo

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #59 on:** May 17, 2002, 02:27:30 AM »

I started working at the age of 10, delivering advertisements for the local convenient store. I was payed $20 for delivering 1000 advertisements a week and I used the earnings to buy my first computer, a Commodore 64 which then cost $666 with the tape. A big bundle of money in 1983. Of course it was totally illegal to work that young but my mother supported me by signing me to the shop with her name/taxing information. I never got weekly allowance etc. either so work was my only option of getting cash.

During highschool I worked nights as a telemarketer and in one year I became the local foreman for the telemarketers.

After I finished high school I went to the army, losing my telemarketing job in the process. I was tired of it anyway. After the army I found a toejamty job (better than nothing and gave the excuse of moving away) from another town and moved away from my parents - we couldn't get along anymore because I like to listen to music, they didn't. We had constant fights about bass

Anyway, that started the most horrible period of my life switching from short toejamty job to another, being unemployed on and off for 4 years. I lived with the support of the government, $350/month and rent+electricity paid. Then I finally managed to find a steady job as a deliveryman/storage keeper in a local company. I worked my way up by taking up for my boss during his vacations and finally after solving many computer related problems, I was made the IT-contact person of the three offices in our region.

Of course then the company was sold and I got laid off. Fortunately I had made contacts during my working time and now I got a great job as a trainer / consultant for a software company.