Gary, some of this is chalked up to society. It seems like people today have no sense of what things are really worth, and that the things some people have were EARNED over years and years of hard work and sacrifice. This has to be also partly due to a stronger desire and popularity of instant gratification. It doesn't feel good to pay off your credit card, you don't get anything tangible from it...it feels good to blow $2500 on a McCartney concert.
Is she mature enough to have a real conversation about this? What about the both of them...maybe together they'd be more receptive. Remind them that donating $ as their parents AT LEAST halfway entitles you and Maureen to some sort of say so in their spending habits. You have to tell them that you don't agree with some of their choices...because they aren't wise choices. Tell them you can't help anymore unless they smarten up a little. It has to be done or it will perpetuate.
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08-21-2010, 01:29 PM
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