A Hard Lesson Learned!


I can't believe it. My 26–year-old nephew was telling his cousin that whatever he did, “please do not mess up your credit. You can’t buy anything. No new car, no house, nothing.” He then said, “I sure wish I had listened to Aunt Rose when she spent all that time trying to make me pay my bills when I was 18.”

You see he bought a pair of Lizard boots for $200.00 and decided not to send in the payments. I did everything to make him pay but he would not listen. Then he bought a car and missed so many payments on it that it was repossessed. Now he is sad because he can only buy used cars and have to live in an apartment when he wants a house.

He has learned a hard lesson. Hopefully my other nephew will listen to him.

The Stories I Could Tell

I dunno it seems that I fight losing battles daily with the teens. They ask for help and advice and when you give it to them they do opposite of what you advised. Now as a counselor you don't tell clients what to do but help them to come up with viable solutions and alternatives to their problems, but with family members, sometimes you just skip preliminaries and get right to the point.

In the case of one of my beautiful nieces, I feel that I can give her advice when she asked, okay. So why did she have me searching for a use car and I found several students leaving for college and leaving their cars to sale, did she just hand out a thousand dollars to her boyfriend with his promise that he was purchasing a nice used car from his mother? Okay, it's been seven weeks and no car, just excuses. She's still dating him. Sometimes I just want to knock sense into her since talking doesn't work. Will these young girls ever learn?

The stories I could tell with six young nieces, they are endless. BTW, they do read my blog. They do not mind when I share their stories as long as I don't put their name on the blog. Hope it reinforces our conversations. They know I love them.