I am the mother of the Moocher. I know it is my fault but I have no guts to get him out. He is my son. It really came to a head last year after my husband passed away. His wife also left him the same month. So he moved in with me to "Help me out". And share our lonelyness. He does work. He pays his child support to 2 different wives. And he pays his ranch payment. That's it! He drives my truck that I make the payments on and the insurance payments on. Plus all the maintence on. He has a truck. It's sitting in my yard. Flat tire and uses lots of gas. Until the past 2 months he has given me no money. Now I get 150 a month. His take home is about 500 a month after all his deductions. My husband did not have much insurance and after paying his expenses there was not much left. We have gone though that now I live on a VA pension that does not pay the bills. Yet I do not have the guts to tell him to move home. His electric has been cut off and his water well is busted. Neither of us has the money to get that fixed. So here I am feeling sorry for him but I hate myself for it. I want him out on his own and let me sink on my own without his help. He is 35 years old. What do I do? How do I get the guts to do it?
Is your son Springer from the show or are you speaking of someone else? I want to give advice, but I wasn't sure if you were talking about the guy from the show. Let me know and I will respond.
I am the mother of the Moocher. I know it is my fault but I have no guts to get him out. He is my son. It really came to a head last year after my husband passed away. His wife also left him the same month. So he moved in with me to "Help me out". And share our lonelyness. He does work. He pays his child support to 2 different wives. And he pays his ranch payment. That's it! He drives my truck that I make the payments on and the insurance payments on. Plus all the maintence on. He has a truck. It's sitting in my yard. Flat tire and uses lots of gas. Until the past 2 months he has given me no money. Now I get 150 a month. His take home is about 500 a month after all his deductions. My husband did not have much insurance and after paying his expenses there was not much left. We have gone though that now I live on a VA pension that does not pay the bills. Yet I do not have the guts to tell him to move home. His electric has been cut off and his water well is busted. Neither of us has the money to get that fixed. So here I am feeling sorry for him but I hate myself for it. I want him out on his own and let me sink on my own without his help. He is 35 years old. What do I do? How do I get the guts to do it?
You don't have the guts to throw him out because you want him right where he is regardless of what it does to him or eventually to you. You son is NOT a replacement for your husband. Let him go and make his own life and you make yours. He's been married twice and is living with his mommie. Don't you think it's time you stepped up to the plate and acted like a loving mother?
I am the mother of the Moocher. I know it is my fault but I have no guts to get him out. He is my son. It really came to a head last year after my husband passed away. His wife also left him the same month. So he moved in with me to "Help me out". And share our lonelyness. He does work. He pays his child support to 2 different wives. And he pays his ranch payment. That's it! He drives my truck that I make the payments on and the insurance payments on. Plus all the maintence on. He has a truck. It's sitting in my yard. Flat tire and uses lots of gas. Until the past 2 months he has given me no money. Now I get 150 a month. His take home is about 500 a month after all his deductions. My husband did not have much insurance and after paying his expenses there was not much left. We have gone though that now I live on a VA pension that does not pay the bills. Yet I do not have the guts to tell him to move home. His electric has been cut off and his water well is busted. Neither of us has the money to get that fixed. So here I am feeling sorry for him but I hate myself for it. I want him out on his own and let me sink on my own without his help. He is 35 years old. What do I do? How do I get the guts to do it?
I think you just need to have a meeting with him and tell him how you are feeling and all about him being there and that you feel that it is time for him to move on and get on with his life. Maybe have some resources ready for him such as catalogs with apartments, tell him to go to www.apartments.com and and to follow the instructions, there are many options there and has info on apartments, locations, rent amount..... If you want him out then you are the one that is going to have to make it happen, he is 35 years old and it is time to let him grow up, how do you get the guts? just do it! Like I said in my lasts posts, even God expects us to help ourselves, you can only do so much for some one and there comes a times a time when we just have to let go, and say I love and care for you but I cannot go on like this (whatever you want to say).......................................
I am the mother of the Moocher. I know it is my fault but I have no guts to get him out. He is my son. It really came to a head last year after my husband passed away. His wife also left him the same month. So he moved in with me to "Help me out". And share our lonelyness. He does work. He pays his child support to 2 different wives. And he pays his ranch payment. That's it! He drives my truck that I make the payments on and the insurance payments on. Plus all the maintence on. He has a truck. It's sitting in my yard. Flat tire and uses lots of gas. Until the past 2 months he has given me no money. Now I get 150 a month. His take home is about 500 a month after all his deductions. My husband did not have much insurance and after paying his expenses there was not much left. We have gone though that now I live on a VA pension that does not pay the bills. Yet I do not have the guts to tell him to move home. His electric has been cut off and his water well is busted. Neither of us has the money to get that fixed. So here I am feeling sorry for him but I hate myself for it. I want him out on his own and let me sink on my own without his help. He is 35 years old. What do I do? How do I get the guts to do it?
Dear Mother:
Write him a letter. It worked for me. That is what I did to my Moocher Son he is married and has two children.
I was able to say a lot more in the letter than I would have been able to do with words. It ended up being a five page letter but it worked. I even put a date down.
I started by telling it was my fault that he was so irresponsible. And that now I was going to make him responsible.
