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August 10, 2007, 3:53 am PDT
 Quote From: mustbecrazy Spandex is not a pretty sight on me...LOL
When I went through my son's checking account, I found that he had not recorded most of his debit card transactions!! Hopefully, it was a real eye-opener for him to experience the consequences. The culinary school doesn't have any openings for a later start, so we'll have to go with the October start...you're right...has to make his own mistakes...six months won't really make a difference. We will help him find an apartment in September, plus he needs a job. The school will help with both the apartment search and the job search. We have to co-sign on his apartment, so he had better keep up with the rent!! I may make him put a month's rent into a savings account in case of an emergency...his student loan includes $1500 for relocation...that should take care of the first, last, and deposit, plus a few groceries. There are no furnished apartments available, so he will also have to get some 2nd hand furniture down there...3 hour drive...don't want to be hauling a lot of stuff...maybe one of my brothers might have some furniture to loan...four of my brothers live in the same city as the school. He will get to stay on our medical insurance until age 23, or when he is completely on his own, whether or not he is in school.
MOM has shown up at school before, as a consequence of homework not turned in...just in regular clothes though...embarrassing enough!! Hopefully, the spandex can stay in the drawer!!
Well, dinner is almost ready...gotta go....Becky Your spandex idea reminded me of an anecdote I heard once on the Dr Laura show. A high school girl was habitually skipping school, so her Mom accompanied her to school - followed her into every class all day long - for a week or so. When she gave her daughter another chance she skipped school again. So the next time she accompanied her daughter to school, and the Mom was wearing fuzzy slippers, a bathrobe, and curlers in her hair! One day of that permanently solved the problem. ha ha!
My husband and I took a financial class at our church called Financial Peace University, by radio personality Dave Ramsey. It's the same info taught in Ramsey's book "The Total Money Makeover", however the class is better b/c you watch DVD's of Ramsey teaching the material and he is a very good motivational speaker. If your son will go, you might pay for him to take the class, as a gift. It's about $130, but well worth it. When we took the class, we learned a lot. |
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