Well then. Perhaps you should become a foster mother to this teen. Take him into your home and show him how to have fun. Pay his bills, feed him, clothe him, send him to college. It is easy to to say "go and have fun" when you have no investment in the outcome. So now is the time to put up or shut up. I would rather be a little tough and show them a way to become a contributor to society as opposed to being the burden you propose. Sooner or later this teen has to grow up and pull his own weight. How are you preparing him to do that? If you are not contributing to the community, you are basically useless. Just because you chronological age is 69 does not mean that you have the mentality of an adult. I am tired of working my ass off to support useless people who are having fun on public assistance. Someone should kick them in the ass and say it is time to support yourself or starve.
If I could afford to I would do exactly that. Why are you so down on him? He's been kicked out of home by idiotic parents remember. He's homeless and you don't know that he's getting any public assistance - he doesn't mention it and from his previously sheltered background probably wouldn't know how to go about getting it.
You seem to be over-reacting to my suggestion that he needs some fun in his life: having come out of a fundamentalist christian background myself, I was merely encouraging him to find some joy and hope after all that dreariness and oppression, not live a life of luxury on public assistance. Teenage is a time to play and have fun as well as study for the future, not to struggle to support yourself with no adult help.
I'm not going to waste any more of my time engaging with you, it's pointless
And you are clueless. You make all the excuses in the world to refrain from helping this kid. Talk is cheap. You make empty promises and just leave him hanging. You are no better than his family. I offered a viable solution that would keep him safe yet provide him a skill, an education and not to mention money to live on. And you pissed on that. I don't see you offering anything helpful or concrete. He needs more than encouragement. Teenage is a time to grow up, not play. Playing is for little children. If all you have left is to struggle for the future, you better get going so you wont have to struggle all of your life. I am not the only person who thinks the military is the right place for this kid. I bet you have been taken care of your entire life. First Daddy then Hubby. If you actually had to make a living, you might understand that playtime is over.
And yet more inaccurate assumptions about someone you don't know! I've been in the workforce since I was 15, couldn't do any higher education because my parents couldn't afford it, and when married and then a mother I was out of the workforce for about a year.
No-one's EVER taken care of me except me. At nearly 69, I'm still doing casual work to supplement my pension.
I didn't "piss on" anything, I just expressed a different opinion to yours, but I guess anyone who doesn't agree with you 100% has to be clueless, right?
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Well then. Perhaps you should become a foster mother to this teen. Take him into your home and show him how to have fun. Pay his bills, feed him, clothe him, send him to college. It is easy to to say "go and have fun" when you have no investment in the outcome. So now is the time to put up or shut up. I would rather be a little tough and show them a way to become a contributor to society as opposed to being the burden you propose. Sooner or later this teen has to grow up and pull his own weight. How are you preparing him to do that? If you are not contributing to the community, you are basically useless. Just because you chronological age is 69 does not mean that you have the mentality of an adult. I am tired of working my ass off to support useless people who are having fun on public assistance. Someone should kick them in the ass and say it is time to support yourself or starve.
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If I could afford to I would do exactly that. Why are you so down on him? He's been kicked out of home by idiotic parents remember. He's homeless and you don't know that he's getting any public assistance - he doesn't mention it and from his previously sheltered background probably wouldn't know how to go about getting it.
You seem to be over-reacting to my suggestion that he needs some fun in his life: having come out of a fundamentalist christian background myself, I was merely encouraging him to find some joy and hope after all that dreariness and oppression, not live a life of luxury on public assistance. Teenage is a time to play and have fun as well as study for the future, not to struggle to support yourself with no adult help.
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And you are clueless. You make all the excuses in the world to refrain from helping this kid. Talk is cheap. You make empty promises and just leave him hanging. You are no better than his family. I offered a viable solution that would keep him safe yet provide him a skill, an education and not to mention money to live on. And you pissed on that. I don't see you offering anything helpful or concrete. He needs more than encouragement. Teenage is a time to grow up, not play. Playing is for little children. If all you have left is to struggle for the future, you better get going so you wont have to struggle all of your life. I am not the only person who thinks the military is the right place for this kid. I bet you have been taken care of your entire life. First Daddy then Hubby. If you actually had to make a living, you might understand that playtime is over.
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And yet more inaccurate assumptions about someone you don't know! I've been in the workforce since I was 15, couldn't do any higher education because my parents couldn't afford it, and when married and then a mother I was out of the workforce for about a year.
No-one's EVER taken care of me except me. At nearly 69, I'm still doing casual work to supplement my pension.
I didn't "piss on" anything, I just expressed a different opinion to yours, but I guess anyone who doesn't agree with you 100% has to be clueless, right?