Really. It's because their teenage hamsters say something stupid like, "I'll get emancipated next year, and then you can't tell me what to do".
Time for a reality check? Yeah, I think so.
My almost 16 year old thinks its cute to be disruptive and disrespectful in class. Ok, he's 15, I get it. However, when he gets in trouble, I text him to let him know, he WILL NOT be getting his license come March because he is obviously too immature to be trusted with a car. So I get the above response when I tell him that he can wait until he is 18.
Here is the kicker...this kid couldn't find his way out of a wet paper sack if his life depended on it. He is smart. Beyond smart, the kid is brilliant. But he has ZERO common sense. NONE.
So you want to be emancipated...fine. Go for it!
That is one less mouth I have to feed. One less person I have to pick up after. Oh, you think you are going to live here once you "divorce" me? Yeah, I don't think so.
Oh, wait, you don't have a j.o.b....or a car, or a license for that matter LOL
I'm sorry, all this has made me giggle. (maybe that's the cold medicine talking). I find it hilarious. This is a kid that has to be reminded to brush his teeth, but he is going to get emancipated and make it on his own?
Good luck.
Maybe I'm looking at this all wrong. Maybe I should just treat him like an adult here at my house. He can cook for himself, clean for himself, pay his portion of the bills all by himself...ugh.
KIDS. Maybe I should have listened to my mother.
Oh wow! That's hysterical (in a totally empathetic kind of way)! I love that you refered to it as "divorce". Please remind him that in the state of Georgia, you don't get the 50/50 split. ;)
ReplyDeleteoh, there would be no split. I've bought and paid for everything he owns!
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