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9. Are they adults?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 10:19 PM

Sep 2017

"Mondays are usually heavy drinking days for both of them,
and it usually leads to fights."

How often do you rescue them from jail?
Why should they grow up with you to save them?

It's not funny. It's sad.

Tough Love:
promotion of a person's welfare, especially that of an addict, child, or criminal, by enforcing certain constraints on them,
or requiring them to take responsibility for their actions.

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Watching "Lost In Space" in the bedroom with my girlfriend. Car lights. It was the cops. [View all] Miles Archer Sep 2017 OP

Maybe 2 nights in jail might help them 😬 Good luck, you've had a rough night. MLAA Sep 2017 #1

Thank you Miles Archer Sep 2017 #10

My second time I went to jail... ret5hd Sep 2017 #2

We talked about that. Miles Archer Sep 2017 #11

Maybe they should have to cope on their own; have them get a cab or hitchhike. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #3

That. So much that. onecaliberal Sep 2017 #5

That's an option. Miles Archer Sep 2017 #13

Oh Miles Archer I wish you get out of that mess. AJT Sep 2017 #4

My girlfriend can't drive. Miles Archer Sep 2017 #14

Drinking and heavily on Monday night? Doreen Sep 2017 #6

You know those movies where someone mixes two chemicals and blows up the lab? Miles Archer Sep 2017 #15

Screw that. They need to organize their own transportation Warpy Sep 2017 #7

We had the "enabling" talk tonight after they left Miles Archer Sep 2017 #16

At least you can count on peace for the rest of the night Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #8

Are they adults? left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #9

He's 40, she's in her 30s. Miles Archer Sep 2017 #17

"Tough Love" is bullshit and it can be deadly, especially when the cops get involved. hunter Sep 2017 #19

Very true. Miles Archer Sep 2017 #22

How was my day? I got rear-ended on the job...... lastlib Sep 2017 #12

He's 40, she's in her 30's and you're bailing them out? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #18

I would double their rent mercuryblues Sep 2017 #20

They were told to move out by the end of October Miles Archer Sep 2017 #21

All I can say is good luck mercuryblues Sep 2017 #23

shit i have it pretty damn good Freaky to see continuous lives screwed up via booze dembotoz Sep 2017 #24

You're right about that... Miles Archer Sep 2017 #25

Remember this dembotoz Sep 2017 #26

I'm afraid you may have to use the nuclear option. I wouldn't discuss her Nay Sep 2017 #27