When DH picked up the skids last night he told BM the following:

“A year from now SS17 will be 18 and graduating high school. I want you [BM] to know that if SS17 doesn’t do one of the following I will not continue to cover on our healthcare plan:

1. Attend college or trade school and work part-time.
2. Work full-time.
3. Work multiple part-time jobs where the total hours worked a week equal 40 hours.”

BM was not happy with this news but said that she understood why.
DH also told her that SS17 will be responsible for his deductible and co-pays if we due continue to cover him. And since our health insurance is a tiered system SS17 will be paying the difference between coverage of a family of 4 versus a family of 3.

WOW - I’m shocked DH said anything to her. I think DH is realizing the SS17 really has no motivation or plan for his future. I’ve told DH many times over the years when the topic has come up that I will not support an adult child who chooses to slack off. Maybe DH was listening after all.

Also SS17 got his ACT score and although it’s not too bad SS17’s score is below the middle 50% profile of 1st year students enrolled at 4 of the 6 colleges he sent his scores too. DH, BM and SS17 were all shocked by it. I wasn’t surprised at all, SS17 didn’t study and BM and DH kept saying “he’ll do fine, he always does fine on standardized tests.” Guess that wasn’t the case with this one.

~BettyRay