SD19 impending departure /car decision/blowing money etc
We're down to like 17? 18? (too lazy to figure it out) days until SD goes back to university state. I can't freaking wait! She is moving into an apartment with her BF off campus, so there will be no need for her to come home for the summer ever again.
So she was over at the house the other day because she dropped the car of ours that she has been driving (she's been staying at MILs for the past 6 weeks or so.. praise Jesus!!!) off at the shop near our house to get inspected and oil change. Apparently when she got to the house she decided to make herself breakfast because the pan that she made eggs in, of course with the eggs all stuck to the bottom, was sitting in the sink. Guess where it is still sitting? I abso-fucking-lutely REFUSE to clean it. I mean who does that? Makes a freaking mess like that and then leaves it for someone else to take care of???? Oh that's right skids. There was also an empty 7-11 coffee cup sitting on the counter, literally 6 fucking inches away from the garbage, but again apparently that is way to much to ask of her to actually throw it in the garbage. Because I'm a petty bitch, I left that there too. DH ended up throwing away.
After she left, DH said she has decided to take the car we are offering to give her. I asked how she was getting it back to University state?? On our plates and insurance?? Of course that was their plan. I said no. NOT doing it. She can get her own insurance and get an In Transit Permit and then register, title ect. in University state. DH shocked me!!! He didn't argue and said OK, then that's what we'll do. We are also giving her the bed that was in her room, which DH unassembled last night and we put a new bed that we just got in there, as this room will now be a guest room and we are turning the other guest room into an office. DH said SD asked if she could have the entertainment center that is in there. I said no. I want it right where it is, with the TV in it, for the spare bedroom. Shockingly DH did not argue again!
DH told SD that if he gives her this car, that he will not be sending her $150.00 a month anymore (he was going to do this until she turned 21) as the car is worth at LEAST 3,600.00. SD told him that might put her in a pinch. This of course after she told DH that she thinks she has spent around $1,000.00 this summer on her 4 sisters (BM's other illegitimates) because she feels bad for them because BM and baby daddy #2 and #3 don't really do anything for them. DH told her that was her own fault, that she needs to learn to live within her means and that does not mean shelling out money for her sisters. I said where the hell does a 19 year old come up with $1,000 to blow on her sisters... ON TOP of all the money she's no doubt blowing on herself?? He said must be all her paychecks from her job this summer have been going in the toilet. Oh well, her money.. guess she'll have to figure it out the hard way.
I have a feeling that her getting apartment with her BF is not going to go well. This girl does NOT know how to budget money and live within her means and honestly, that is DH and GBM fault because they have never required her to do so. She has always gotten what she wants, when she wants it and it didn't matter whether she actually needed it or not, and certainly didn't matter if she had the money for it or not.. she'd just beg, borrow, steal until she got what she wanted.
Oh well, not my problem. I wish her the best because I certainly don't want her back in my back yard! :O
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"She is moving into an
"She is moving into an apartment with her BF off campus, so there will be no need for her to come home for the summer ever again. "
^^^^^ Come on you are talking about a skid... you know that sentence isn't 100% true! LOL
Glad you have survived and that the summer didn't turn out too bad!
Agree about the egg pan. That would piss me off. It's like the few times that OSD came over with her kids and got out the outdoor toys and then just left them in the yard... Like who does that? Rude!
I'm glad DH agrees with you about the plates and insurance. Best to take care of that right away.
She is moving into an
She is moving into an apartment with her BF off campus, so there will be no need for her to come home for the summer ever again. "
^^^^^ Come on you are talking about a skid... you know that sentence isn't 100% true! LOL
Ugh, I know, you're probably right, but it shocked me last night when DH even said, "well let's get that bed of hers apart and get the new bed in there and make that the new spare bedroom because SD won't have any reason to come back" :O
We're dealing with similar
We're dealing with similar issues with two skids who are launching. I am also staying strong about our "household contribution" (aka MY money) and have not met with much if any resistance from DH. Thank goodness.
I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
I tried telling DH when SD
I tried telling DH when SD was 14 and moved in with us the first time, that he was going to have an issue on his hands if he didn't stop handing her money and not making her accountable for how she was spending it. He'd blow me off and play the "you just don't like SD" rerun.. but then when she was about 16 and it had gotten even worse to the point that HE was sick of it.. he finally started to get it. But damage was already wayyyyy done!
I truly believe she will ALWAYS have issues with money, which of course makes me nervous because if she needs money of course she's going to come running to DH.
Hopefully, because of her
Hopefully, because of her irresponsibility with money, he will not just hand her money in the future.
There are things my DH would like to do to help SD26 but he won't because she's irresponsible and lazy (refuses to work) and he knows she will take advantage, and expect it.
When he was younger, his mom told him if he ever had money problems, she would help him one time, with one bill (he never took her up on it). He won't even make that offer to SD because of the choices SHE has made. DH has worked hard all of his life, has struggled but always managed. He just cannot understand his daughter's laziness and excuses, and he refuses to enable.
DH has gotten a LOT better
DH has gotten a LOT better since the early days about just giving her money, I truly think he saw the error of his ways. His nonsense comes out of a place of guilt. BM1 is a scumbag whore-ho who provides NOTHING for SD and I do mean absolutely NOTHING. I know that DH has always felt sorry for SD and wants her to realize that BM is never going to change and that if SD would just listen to him, she could have a decent life. In the past though, DH was really good about preaching but always caved when it came to SD wants/demands again because of his guilt.
I really think that DH's bottom line is making sure that SD does NOT turn out like BM1, who is exactly like her BM so obviously the clan genes run deep, and they had 14 years to do a ton of damage to SD so only time and perseverance will tell
I swear we could have the
I swear we could have the same SD and same DH. She called one day and said "i'm going out of town to visit a friend" DH says ok, cool have fun. The very next phone call 10 minutes later "can you wire me some money? I have no money & I'm STARVING". I wired her the money happily this time b/c her being out of town means I don't have to see her.
My blood is actually boiling reading your message because I am thinking of all the shit that my SD does/pulls. UGH, she is awful.
Luckily for me I do all the finances in our house. Unless my husband is making side money that I don't know about, I can account for every single penny that goes in and out of our account.
Your SD is 19 yrs old and is
Your SD is 19 yrs old and is learning the limitations of her own mother. She felt she needed to step up and give her sisters some of the nice things in life. Actually this is nice of her. However it has an immediate benefit and does nothing for her long term. She has to work this out herself.
She is only 19 and can still change her ways. We have all made stupid choices and then had a change of heart and changed our ways and she can too. Maybe the BF will be a good influence on her.
But good decision on reclaiming your home for your use and not creating shrines for kids who have grown up and out.