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08-09-2006, 02:21 PM | #16 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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| I hate that you feel so abandoned by your son. All you can really do is let him know how you feel and wish him well. he seems like he hasnt thought this through, not having a job lined up or anything. I dont know where in SC he is planning on moving, but I live in Myrtle Beach, SC and the pay rate here, as well as many other areas in SC is very low. I am a dental assistant and the same job in Charlotte, NC pays 8,000 more dollars a year than what I am making here. the property value is skyrocketing here, so to buy anything costs more, but no one gets paid more. If he is moving to the Myrtle Beach area, He may want to look at MyrtleBeachOnline.com to see if there are any jobs available for him here. We are mainly a resort/tourist town, so many of our jobs are hospitality.<Restaurants,Theme Parks, Hotels> Good luck, Keep us posted. |
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08-09-2006, 02:28 PM | #17 |
Little Bit & Buttons Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: US
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| He's a Son. I learned early that A Daughter's a daughter all her life, A Son's a son until he takes a wife ( girlfriend didn't rhyme) I'll never forget the year that my son told me he was dropping out of college on Valentine's day & then 5 days later (on my birthday) headed off to North Carolina with a couple of hundred dollars in his pocket. It broke my heart and truthfully, he's never been back to live at home since then. He is now a Youth Pastor and seems to move farther away every time he goes to another church. He tells me now that if he had stayed in our little town with his same old friends, he would have been an alcoholic. So what do you say, " You just have to do a whole lot of praying & let them go". Ruth Bell Graham has written a book entitled The Prodigal and those who love them. It helped me a lot. May God bless you and give you peace. Sorry, if this turned into a sermon. Last edited by doortego; 08-09-2006 at 02:30 PM. Reason: left out part |
08-09-2006, 03:24 PM | #18 |
Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
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| Oh sweetie, I feel your pain and frustration. I think he is going to get a rude awakening when he is out on his own. Some kids just need to learn the hard way. That is a ways off, A lot can change in a few months with kids. But if he insists on doing this, let him know that you are sad, but the door will always be open if he decides that SC isn't all it's cracked up to be. I have 6 kids and each one tore a chunk out of my heart when the moved away. But I got over it. And there are no hard feelings. |
08-09-2006, 11:53 PM | #19 |
Out to Spoil the World! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Palm Springs, California
Posts: 2,709
| buy him a big box of condoms and wish him well!!! I know how bad that sounds.... But My first husband and I met while he was in collage... he dropped out to be with me.... (Stupid!!!!) and we got knocked up right quick like!!! lol Two kids in our own place! we were like rabbits! and then we got married when I was 6 months pregnant!!! Those were some classy pictures!!! Stayed married long enough to get Pregnant with our son... and 6 weeks into that Pregnancy.... I filed for DIVORCE! We were all wrong! and the funny thing was... we both know it the day we got married! lol But we were KIDS! We weren't going to admit that to our family... we figured what the hell... How stupid were we???? The bright side here is that when I divorced his butt... he ran back home to mom... She took him in and loved him... never once saying "I told you so!" She put him back in collage and he has his masters now and he also met the most amazing woman... who after 5 years of dating and two years of me nagging him to propose!!! He married last month!! And all is right in the world! The important thing was how she took him back!!! The bad part was how she drove him away! All the don't you dare's and the you'll be sorry's... He showed her! He was determined to make it work... Just to prove her wrong! It sucks... I'm so sorry... I hope that everything works out for you guys... its a new relationship... they all are "the One" for the first 6 months... He may be back sooner than you think!!! Just don't make him want to prove you guys wrong!!! Be as supportive as you can be... You don't have to pack his lunch for the trip and throw him a going away party! but just don't make him feel like he's failed, or that you were "RIGHT" if things don't work out for him out there... it makes it much easier to come home.... I know that its not easy!!! Good luck with your husband... Hopefully you'll be armed with some good advice here to pass on to him.... (warning him might not be a bad idea... just so you son does not get the "you'll screw your life up" speech... If he's that kind of dad... Mine was) I'll be thinking of you!!
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