My kid (SS-18) is about to be strangled and fed to the fish.

He is still the most polite, well behaved and personable kid imaginable but he is LUCKING FAZY!!!!

Since the kudos he received from the recruiters he has done what he always does after a success. He blew the doors off of his interviews with the Armed Services recruiters, aced the ASVAB, basked in the glow of the kudos and ...... has done absolutely nothing to move foreword with is life.

He has been laying around the house for two months. He does nothing until his Mom or I put our foot up his ass.

He is continuing to prove that the only thing that will motivate him is to avoid abject misery.

So, I had a man-to-almost man with him on Monday and let him know that he had 30days to sign on the dotted line with one of the Services, have a job and apply to Community College. Currently it can take as much as a year to get started with Basic/Boot Camp and I am not having him laying around the house doing nothing but growing nose hair.

He also heard the message that since his mom and I work and he is an unemployed do nothing couch potato that he was our beck and call boy until he was self sufficient. The kitchen, dishes, vacuuming, bathrooms, etc will be done daily. Failure to deliver on any of these items would take days off of the 30 that he has. Whether he actually comprehends the message remains to be seen.

I also told him that if he could not demonstrate to me that he had made significant effort in the all of these areas that he could use the last of his money to buy a bus ticket to SpermLand.

No screaming, no yelling just a very focused talk.

We shall see if he got the message.

His mom came in for the recap of the man-to-almost man, agreed with me stood there with her arms crossed, her hip cocked, taping her foot and giving him THE mom look. We shall see if she backs me as I pitch him out the door if he fails to perform.

Any thoughts, suggestions, good places to dump a body?

Best regards,