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livingontheedge's picture

I havent posted in a while, but things were seeming to be okay. SS20 has found a job and is actually getting up everyday and going. He really hasnt been in the house much at the same time as me so maybe that is what has helped also....until tonight.

My BF works full time but then has a part time job that he goes to in the evenings for a couple hours. He pretty much sets his own hours for the PT job. Well I have been trying to be really good about having dinner ready to go so that either he or I can just pop something in the oven or warm up in the microwave. So last night when I was making dinner I also made dinner for tonite (which I do quite frequently on Sundays). I put tonites dinner in the refridgerator. I had told BF what we were having for dinner and that it was in the fridge. SS20 was off today and thus home all day. Well when I get home I go to get dinner out of the fridge and guess what.....half of it is gone!!!!! My first reaction was "who the **** ate the chicken for tonites dinner?". BF first answer was probably BS 11 (my BS not BF). So I ask BS 11 even though I know he would have not eaten it because he saw me last night putting it in the fridge and ask what it was, I told him dinner for tommorrow. So lets think about this if I am not home all day and BF is not home all day and BS11 is not home all day who do you think ate it?????? When I put it in the fridge last night there was enough for at least 4 people and when I got it out today there was barely enough for 2. I was mad but mostly upset because I had had a bad day at work and was looking forward to not really having to cook just warm up. Now if BS11 had eaten it all he** would have broken lose with BF I know from experience. But because it was his son who ate it, its no big deal. About the time I realize that there is not enough dinner for all of us SS20 comes into the kitchen where BF and I are and guess what BF does not say a word to SS20. Instead BF tells me that I should have labeled it "dinner" so SS knew not to eat it....bulls**t. I have put meals in the fridge so many times and no one touches it. Plus I distinctly remember mentioning what we were having for dinner tonite at dinner last night which SS20 was at. So he knew I was saving that for tonight. I know I am ranting, but I could just spit fire right now. My blood pressure is sky rocketing and my heart is pounding. BF keeps allowing SS20 to do what ever, when ever and there is never anything said to him. I am so sick of it. So of course now BF and I are not speaking, I warmed up what was left for BF and BS11 (as far as I'm concerned SS20 can fend for himself). WEll BF left and didnt eat he told me to "stick the chicken up my a**", real mature huh?

IT seems that every arguement BF and I have is about SS20 and is disrespectfulness and BF has his times when he acknowledges SS20's rudeness, but he never does anything about it. It talks so nasty to everyone even BF and when I point it out to BF he just brushes it off, like no big deal. I have told BF sooo many times that him letting SS20 talk to him like a "dog" is so unattractive and just makes me want to hurl. BF demands and gets respect from everyone except SS20...why is this? I am just having such a hard time understanding how you let this "kid" talk to him the way he does. Someone else said it earlier, but I think that all the men have lost the spines.

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byebye's picture

If I had eaten someone else's dinner because I was soooo hungry or forgot it was for dinner, I would be mortified! I would apologize and jump in my car and go get a pizza or carry out for the family. But then again, I am an adult and that's what adults do. They take responsibility for their behavior and do their best to make-up or correct the situation.

I'm tired of grown men acting like spoiled children. I tell my own 18 yo son that he doesn't keep his room clean enough. He says, "I always clean it when you ask me to" and I told him, "A grown man shouldn't have to have his mommy remind him to clean his room!"

I had my hair cut today and my hairdresser works out of her home. You wouldn't believe they way her two grown sons, 18 and 20, talked to her. "Go have a cigarette, mom, maybe that will get you in a better mood." and spouting a lot of "whatever" with that attitude in their voice. She's as disgusted as I am about these supposed "men." She told the unemployed 20 yo to go apply for a job at the hardware store because they are hiring and he says, "That's a crappy job, they pay minimum wage." Like what else could he do... he's not exactly qualified to be a manager. And any job is better than no job! What a bum!

Oh, I could go on and on. I work with Navy sailors and you wouldn't believe the respect I get from the 18-24 year old males there. They're like "No, Ma'am" "Yes, Ma'am" etc. If I drop something it barely hits the floor before one of them picks it up for me. So I know it's possible for young men to have respect! Some of these young men even send money home to help their parents!!! Can you imagine?

I hope SS20 is paying rent and that you're getting something out of him living there. BS18 pays $300 month because he's not in college, we would lower it if he took some classes.

I don't know what the answer is. I feel you're pain, though.

Gia's picture

"They take responsibility for their behavior and do their best to make-up or correct the situation." In a perfect world yes, but in reality, many grown men and women act like teenagers, and don't appreciate anything...

KeepsGettingBetter's picture

SS isn't a child and should know better on how to talk to people respectfully. But if BF isn't going to pull him up on it then unfortunatly there isn't much you can do except for when he talks to you. You have the right to be spoken to with respect and if SS20 doesn't show that to you, I would either ignor him or tell him that you will engage in conversation with him when he can speak to you with some respect.

As for your dinner, I hope you at least ate what BF didn't so you didn't go without.
Next time I would put a note on the meal as BF said, with DO NOT TOUCH and if it was to happen again then I would be explaining to BF that SS20 will have to cook and replace the dinner he ate.

TR's picture

I remember growing up my SB coming in and eating what ever was in the fridge and they were ALOT OLDER. Most of them were in their late 20's at that point. I remember my mom always being upset and even labeling things, but they still disappeared. One time she had made a dish to take to work for a function and one of my SB came and ate almost the whole thing. She was PO!

Endora's picture

This is what I have to look forward to-SS is just 16-YIKES!!!

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