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Dirtbag Stepson

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My husband, John, and I are happily married, with the exception of the numerous conflicts his son, Mark, has caused. I have an adult daughter, Stephanie, 24 who is a hair stylist, employed full time. John has a total of 3 adult children, one of whom is a 26-year-old daughter who has a nice job, and a 6-year-old son. They live in Michigan. His other two are sons, ages 22 and 24. Kenny is the 22 year old and had been mooching off of his girlfriend's mother for years, and was finally kicked out for stealing jewelry from her for money, since he won't get a job. Mark is the 24-year-old who lives in Florida and has been in and out of our house for years; always under the guise of looking for a job. He impregnated his girlfriend and now has a 7 month old--and we found out a few days ago they're having another. This will be the girlfriend's (Janice) 4th pregnancy, as she's got a 4 year old from another boyfriend, and miscarried a year or two later. She started having children at age 16 and pretty much gets pregnant shortly after she pops one out. Now Mark had been given a place to stay with us, as well as many different people, over the years. Additionally, I helped Mark secure a job with my place of employment, and he ended up not accepting it--after I had paid for additional certification he'd have to get, and my husband and I had purchased a motor scooter for his use, AND gotten another vehicle we owned insured for him so he could use it in case of rain. While this was going on, I wasn't yet aware his girlfriend was pregnant. My husband waited until a few months before the baby was born. His motto had always been--at least what he told the kids was "Get pregnant or get someone pregnant, and you're outta here." What he SHOULD have said was "Oh did I mention I don't REALLY mean that--if it actually happens, I'll change my rule." (All the while he had always assured me this wouldn't be allowed). And even after he knew his girlfriend was pregnant, he wandered around in the house all day long, on the phone, smoking cigarettes and not bathing--and then making comments about a lazy uncle!! He would do this while his dad was at work and I was at home, almost as if he were sticking my face in it!!! His last "job" which was when we lived at our prior resident was a cash-paying jobs (ALL the jobs he's ever gotten, with the exception of MAYBE one temp. job) have been cash paying--and this past one he only worked about 7 HOURS A WEEK!!!!--NOT day--week! For a long time now he's been staying with his girlfriend, girlfriend's mother, girlfriend's baby from another day, the newest baby, and soon there'll be another! I strongly advised my husband to take back the cycle since obviously Mark is not using it to get a job, but my husband (John) is letting him keep it because they need it to get diapers, etc. Well, my answer to that is that they managed to get diapers before, and that they have created all the hardship that they are in. Girlfriend's mother has full time job, and sometimes lets them use the car, and of course she also buys all the baby things since those things are not free. Mark was not around to sign the birth certificate and maintained that the baby might not be his since Janice has sex with other men, but the baby is the spitting image of Mark. Mark says he's waiting until he has enough money to pay child support before he gets the test done, and Janice is enough of an idiot to not do anything about it. I am thinking he might try to play this game with the next baby. I know that the current one is his, and that he does not want to work. Only trouble is, Janice's mom is tired of buying all the diapers and not getting any help with the bills, so she has apparently given Mark a deadline to get a job. Now for my part, I feel that Mark and Janice are complete jerks and the children should be adopted out--but that's not my call, and even though the kids' basic needs are being met, I know that they are going to have really bad lives with such horrible, lazy dirtbags for parents who produce absolutely nothing but children. John and I have only given Mark the cycle to use and I want John to take it back, but I can't make that decision since it's not in my name. However, BOTH of us bought it; he couldn't have bought it without my contribution, and I know that for a fact. Who out there thinks I'm right that this dirtbag does not deserve to use a cycle that I helped pay for? I know that taking it back would not kill Mark, and that the babies would still get diapers.

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