Lame Excuses

[grandmoon]

Feel free to add your own.

I will start off with this one.

Young friend is going through the Family Court for a parenting plan for access to his daughter aged 2.

His ex's lastest excuse as to why he should not have overnight access is because he can't affort to buy the dauhter $120 shoes.

[purple_haize]

My stepson who is on a home correctional order, has to see his correctional officer every week, plus other people..............so far he has missed 6 appts. 5 were last week.

His excuses are.

not enough money on his myki card.....(for train)

Missed the bus.

slept in.

hurt back.........but can go out with his mates.

feel sick

alarm didnt go off.

I think he has a whole book of excuses, he has an appt. today and not going, OH just read the riot act to him, oh and he is an adult 21yrs.

[dwilke33]

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@purple_haize wrote:

My stepson who is on a home correctional order, has to see his correctional officer every week, plus other people..............so far he has missed 6 appts. 5 were last week.

His excuses are.

not enough money on his myki card.....(for train)

Missed the bus.

slept in.

hurt back.........but can go out with his mates.

feel sick

alarm didnt go off.

I think he has a whole book of excuses, he has an appt. today and not going, OH just read the riot act to him, oh and he is an adult 21yrs.

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purple, is he living with you and your husband?  If so, I'd drop kick him out the door and wipe my hands clean.

[vicr3000]

Purple

My estimation of you just went up ten fold in that you read the riot act to him.

Too few wont or cant.

[imastawka]

Re-read that vic - she said the OH read the riot act - not her.

[purple_haize]

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@dwilke33 wrote:

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@purple_haize wrote:

My stepson who is on a home correctional order, has to see his correctional officer every week, plus other people..............so far he has missed 6 appts. 5 were last week.

His excuses are.

not enough money on his myki card.....(for train)

Missed the bus.

slept in.

hurt back.........but can go out with his mates.

feel sick

alarm didnt go off.

I think he has a whole book of excuses, he has an appt. today and not going, OH just read the riot act to him, oh and he is an adult 21yrs.

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purple, is he living with you and your husband?  If so, I'd drop kick him out the door and wipe my hands clean.

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yes he lives with us, but it is a court order and we cant do anything about it, he has to live with us till oct 2016.

[purple_haize]

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@vicr3000 wrote:
Purple

My estimation of you just went up ten fold in that you read the riot act to him.

Too few wont or cant.

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He is my stepson, I cant say anything, only his father can not that it is doing any good...........

[j*oono]

Purple, if he is not living up to his part of the deal won't the correctional officer hand him back to the law?

[purple_haize]

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@j*oono wrote:

Purple, if he is not living up to his part of the deal won't the correctional officer hand him back to the law?

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That is right j*oono, every appt. he misses he gets a *pink slip*, I dont know how many he has & OH says it is only a matter of time, till he is locked up.

Unfortunately he is taking the freedon they gave him with a grain of salt, he has the attitude he can get away with anything.

If OH had his way, his son wouldnt be living with us, his mother kicked him out before the court case was heard, and the only other option was he live with OH and me and abide by what the correction officers tell him.

He knows that if they do lock him up it will be in an adult jail........and if that happens, he only has himself to blame.

[gleee58]

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@purple_haize wrote:

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@vicr3000 wrote:
Purple

My estimation of you just went up ten fold in that you read the riot act to him.

Too few wont or cant.

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He is my stepson, I cant say anything, only his father can not that it is doing any good...........

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You can communiate with him. Not saying it will solve the problem but you can say things to him, especially while he is living in your home and is part of your family.