I hope someone here has some useful advice for me, as I really have no idea on what my next move should be. I have NC for this, and I am expecting some harsh words of advice from you wonderful people.
Here it is. I have my 19yr old son living at home with myself and my DP (DS is from my first marriage). He's clever, sensible, helpful, polite, dosen't drink/smoke. There's the good points.
The bad bit is, he hasn't gone back to college this term, he told me this back in July, I said ok but you now need to look for a job or go back to college. He agreed, we are now almost in October and he has done nothing at all. He stays up till stupid o'clock on his PC (normal teenage behaviour I know), gets up on the afternoon and that's his life. He never goes out at all.
At the moment I am on long term sick due to a shattered/broken leg, this is going to take up to 12 months recovery time, and so I am housebound/cannot drive/cannot work. DS has been a great help and I now think this is one of the reasons he is putting off looking for employment (another excuse) Being on long term sick means we will only have one income coming into the house, I have explained to DS that he really needs to contribute by either getting work and that he must register at the Job Centre, he looked appalled with this. I mention this on a daily basis to him and he never seems to do anything about it.
I can now feel the strain of this as can my DP who has been very understanding. Any suggestions??
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ConfusedDotty · 25/09/2013 14:57
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