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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
and good news, now your oldest daughter is an adult, the next time she gives you grief you can tell her to get her own place to be rude in.  |
I don't think I can quite do this yet. She has another year of high school to go. As much as she drives me crazy sometimes, I really think we need to keep her under a roof at least until she graduates.
I mentioned to her at one point that after graduation, whether or not she has to pay rent to stay with us will depend on her attitude. She thought I was kidding at first, and got pretty upset when I explained that I wasn't, really. But I needed to have some boundaries in my own mind to be able to make it through the next year (2 years at the time) and I didn't think it would be fair to spring it on her suddenly the day after graduation. And I don't think we'd be doing her any favors, long-term, if we let her think her current behavior toward us is ok.