Anyone ever had to kick their kid out of the house?

[BigBeauford]

Originally Posted by jdubya

Is it irony or just epic humor that someone named "Couch-Potato" is giving advice on motivating a 19 year old?

My oldest son was slow to roll in his late teens and early 20`s and I feared he was never going to launch. He didn't have behavioral issues...just lacked incentive and initiative.... Then he got a GF and got a bit more motivated and eventually did a half dozen years in the military. He's 29 now and off to the races.

This was kind of my experience. After ****ing up at my BSN nursing school, I joined the army. It changed my life.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by BigBeauford

This was kind of my experience. After ****ing up at my BSN nursing school, I joined the army. It changed my life.

Same here. I was a lazy, unmotivated, slacking piece of shit before I joined the Navy. Hate to think how my life would have turned out had I not enlisted.

I was respectful to people, however. Had I ever talked that way to my parents the way this kid did my dad would have beat me into a bloody pulp. He never did lay a hand on me, but he didn't have to. I remember one time during my senior year I copped an attitude with him and he said, "so, you think you're a man now?" He weighed about what I do now and I was probably about 130 soaking wet. My answer was a quick "no."