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OP, I hate that you all are going through this. Just curious, is your son in or around Los Angeles?
Mercifully, it's over now. The OP and spouse did a great job, and I must say, that it never would have worked if they hadn't established a solid, caring relationship with their son in the first place, so that they could talk the situation out with him (some college kids would have stopped receiving their calls early on in the situation), and even though he disagreed with them at first, he listened to reason in the end. Kudos on laying a good foundation with 18 years of good parenting! The investment of time, energy and love paid off.
The promise of **** will do that to a young fella. And even many not-so-young fellas.
LOL, true.
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The son in this thread is so fortunate to have a caring family, I hope he understands that.
Thank you. I think (hope) he does.
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LOL, that's just a nice, roundabout way of calling him dumb...
To be fair, I called him dumb in the first post. What he did was dumb, no question.
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OP, I hate that you all are going through this. Just curious, is your son in or around Los Angeles?
Thank you and nope.
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Mercifully, it's over now. The OP and spouse did a great job, and I must say, that it never would have worked if they hadn't established a solid, caring relationship with their son in the first place, so that they could talk the situation out with him (some college kids would have stopped receiving their calls early on in the situation), and even though he disagreed with them at first, he listened to reason in the end. Kudos on laying a good foundation with 18 years of good parenting! The investment of time, energy and love paid off.
What a lovely comment. Thank you. . Can’t rep you again.
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Why are some people so hung up on where the kid is going to college? Who cares it's not near home? Same thing can happen anywhere.
Yeah this is weird to me too. But threads can rarely go 14 pages without derailing.
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I am very impressed with your son's response to her assault on OP. He obviously has respect and care for his parents and that is impressive.
Thanks very much. He has since told me other things she said about us as parents which make no sense. She has major resentment towards us because of her own situation is what I’m guessing. I told him again, she has big problems that you can’t help her with.
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Please don't involve the police at this time. If she harasses him, he can seek a restraining order, but until then, it's best just to move on. That being said, the young man should consider having his apartment door re-keyed, and he should definitely lock his credit, make a thorough inventory of his belongings, and monitor his credit card for fraudulent use.
I am not sure about the police - you most likely right;
Maybe some cops here could chime in?
To me it started to look like a shake down, hence the suggestion of a consultation with the police or even a lawyer.
The girl is a user and liar. She is going to hang on to him until he can't provide what she needs anymore. Where are his friends? They should be talking some sense into him and forcibly remove her.
If that doesn't work, I agree Dad should go there and take care of it.
Otherwise take a drastic step and refuse to pay his way anymore until he gets rid of her.
The closer it gets to rent due date, hopefully, he will get more concerned and finally do the right thing.
The girl is a user and liar. She is going to hang on to him until he can't provide what she needs anymore. Where are his friends? They should be talking some sense into him and forcibly remove her.
If that doesn't work, I agree Dad should go there and take care of it.
Otherwise take a drastic step and refuse to pay his way anymore until he gets rid of her.
The closer it gets to rent due date, hopefully, he will get more concerned and finally do the right thing.
I'm glad that the situation was handled and it's over now. Not to be an alarmist but you might want to clue your son in about another aspect of unsavory folks on the internet. Sometimes they work in male and female pairs. The female is the lure and the decoy and then you can guess the rest. At least it wasn't that sort of situation. You really can never be too careful and the internet can seem deceptively safe to young and actually also old people alike. A healthy dose of skepticism never hurts. Looks like your son has learned to never ever let a stranger stay with him. Could have really been a recipe for disaster. Again, glad that it worked out.
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The investment of time, energy and love paid off.
. Can’t rep you again.
