Yes,another rant from Grandsport!
 

Today was just one of those days when everything and every body irritated me. Went on a pretty good rant at the dealership,including telling the owner(i'm really his boss;)) that he better shape up or I done here.I left at 1pm ,he called me at 5pm:) Spent the greater part of the day with my dog,Malibu. For you people that don't have a dog,there is nothing greater when they look up at you and just stay by your side,took her for a little cruise and now she is asleep here on the front porch with me.Yes,sometimes dogs are mans best friend and cheap thearpy.

Details about my daughter tomorrow.

Sorry to hear about your day Gary. I am glad that Malibu was there for you. Hope tomorrow is better. What's up with your daughter?

Money problems,that I didn't know about.:mad:

Don't stress over it till you talk to her. Sometimes it is just advice she is looking for. If it is money that she needs. You are her dad, and you will figure out a way to make it happen. It will be OK.

Her fiancee makes 6 figures a year and they are broke. I can't believe Mike let this happen. The problem is he kept spoiling Lindsay,like I did and that's not right for a young couple starting out.They live in a high price apartment,like 2500 a month in the city,she wanted a BMW and he got her one and on and on....And she is going to grad school!

Just found out tonight,Maureen gave them$3k.:mad:

I think that maybe a little "tough love" may need to be prescribed.

That's where I fail.

You havent failed and there is still time for them to learn from this.

Tough love worked for me. Momma knocked me off the nipple early enough for me to make the simple mistakes. I quickly learned you have to WORK for what I want. Good luck and enjoy the Malibu

Tough love doesn't mean anything other than, you need to take responsibility for your actions.

If you always bail them out (speaking from my own experience), they will never learn how to say NO. We, as parents need to teach them that, and to let them suffer, at least a little, and to let them figure out how to solve THEIR PROBLEMS.

I always tried to keep the communication open, and I never let them suffer too much, but I did let them know that I wasn't the bank and that they needed to give up something before I helped.