This struck me as quite hilarious. My ss47 is an out and out entitled jerk. My dh has always wanted me to feel sorry for his ds, to have compassion for what my ss has had to go through as a child.

According to my dh, his ds had a very difficult childhood because he had parents who were well educated, accomplished professionals. Dh has a Ph.d, his ex has a Masters degree. They have both traveled extensively, and had been in the same profession until they retired a few years ago. SS's parents were steady, as steady can be. They lived in a good neighborhood, in a nice house, combined income was above average.

Over the years, my dh has said to me "can you imagine what it was for ds to have two parents that were successful and well educated. How can you compete with that?" I guess he has wanted me to respond with, poor, poor ss, had enough food to eat, great medical care, a nice house to live in. His life was really difficult.

My ss's current situation is he did not finish high school, has never been married, blew through a lot of money that dh had put into a retirement account for him and is unemployed. He has not held a job in close to two years, except for one which was washing dishes in a restaurant. He quit, with dh blessings, after a few weeks, as he found it to difficult to take out the trash. This is the same man who plays golf and goes fishing on daily basis when the weather permits and plays a guitar.

So this morning dh gets off the phone after talking to his ds. Dh chest is swelled out and he has the look of being really proud. He declares that his ds just told him that he is sensitive to sensing ghosts. I wanted to laugh so hard. His ds is probably on drugs or has a mental disorder. But, dh is so, so, glad that his ds has some ability, any ability, to brag about. I am being really mean, but which parent would be glad to have that to brag about. Seriously, this is crazy.