“l8 and OUT!” (only exception: 22 if attending local college studying something USEFUL so they can support themselves when they graduate!)
I’ve been trying to get through to my 18yr old that if he expects to live under my roof he must still comply with my rules. But those rules are pretty simple; if he wants to eat the food I buy, have his laundry done, watch TV, have internet access, etc., he has to do farm chores when he is not at work.
He has 2 part-time jobs and will graduate this Friday. But his last paycheck (about $100) he spent it all on fast food in 3 days! Before that we found his stash of cookies and chips in his room, while the whole time he was mooching our snacks! We bought him a 93 Fork pickup in great shape and had some minor engine repairs done on it for him and he was all excited but when I told him he had to pay for the insurance to drive it he clammed right up and said he would keep riding his bike!
So we cut him off if he is going to blow his hard earned money like that. We haven’t let him eat watch TV, or done his laundry for him in over a week. I asked him why he ate like a horse when I had to pay for it but can get by on little or nothing if he has to pay (been 5 days since we fed him). He works at a pizza shop and brings home a couple of pies that he has been milking all this time.
Turned 18 in navy boot camp.
My dad wanted me out after high school. “Go fend for yourself boy!”
Everything I have I’ve earned myself. Can’t say that about most of the people I’ve grown up with.