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re: My son cares more about watching college football than going to class
Posted on 12/20/24 at 12:23 pm to Pineapple Pizza
Posted on 12/20/24 at 12:23 pm to Pineapple Pizza
This world has changed so much, I ran whores instead of going to class.
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Posted on 12/20/24 at 12:26 pm to Pineapple Pizza
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He’s blown a quite significant amount of money on PrizePicks
Isn't PrizePicks illegal in Louisiana? They legalized gambling, but never fixed the loophole for "Daily Fantasy".
Posted on 12/20/24 at 12:28 pm to mthorn2
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Sounds like he needs to take a semester off and go work at one of the Rigs or as helper at one of the plants.
He'll fit right in with a gambling problem. He can hit up the truck stop casino/ video poker kiosk with his coworkers on the way to work.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 12:47 pm to Pineapple Pizza
Deprivation is a motivator if you are paying his tab you’re done if he wants to go back to school it’s on his dime. He is an adult, all his bills go to him car insurance cell phone everything . If he lives at home give him 90 days to find a job and a place to live.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 1:39 pm to Pineapple Pizza
quote:wow. Has he ever had to do actual work before?
83 credit cards.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 1:48 pm to AlextheBodacious
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It’s not too hard to get back in.
Depends on how good a job you did at failing. Just barely failed probably not a problem. 1.0 gpa may need to check out some masonry YouTubes.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:00 pm to Pineapple Pizza
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We have tried getting him interested in our families masonry business as an alternative
Do not do that. You're propping him up.
My son had a terrible first semester in college. He hid his grades from us but we could look them up.
We went to a nearby restaurant (so I'd stay calm) and sat him down. I told him that if his grades didn't improve dramatically at the end of the next semester that I would stop writing checks for school and that I had no place for him in my business.
He ended up graduating with a 3.0 which, coming from where he started was pretty impressive. Take away any and all safety nets and he should respond.
This post was edited on 12/20/24 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:02 pm to Pineapple Pizza
Stop babying him. If he flunks out you've at least tried. He must know that if he does you will still foot the bill. If he does flunk out make him work a summer in that masonry business and don't help him even with gas $$. If your not in school you will work and pay your way. Then after he gets a taste of real life he may be ready to head back to school and buckle down
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:05 pm to Pineapple Pizza
You should have thought of raising him before hitting college.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:05 pm to Pineapple Pizza
I hate to say it but he's gonna learn the hard way. Goodluck to you and your family
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:07 pm to Pineapple Pizza
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The last straw for us was he had an opportunity to intern with the Dallas Stars for their analytics department and he blew it off.
Should have led with this
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:07 pm to Shexter
quote:That was called a "week" for me at some point.quote:
a challenge for its customers called “Round the World.” The challenge is to drink 60 beers from at least 20 different countries.
Never sustained though.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:12 pm to Pineapple Pizza
This is how you troll…….. 
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:16 pm to Pineapple Pizza
Dang, sounds like he’s really fallen on hard times since his position got cut at the National Park Service 
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:21 pm to Pineapple Pizza
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He’s blown a quite significant amount of money on PrizePicks and admitted himself to an AA group for gambling.
Wells thats a horse of a different color than "watching too much football"
I hope you get him straightened out.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:26 pm to Pineapple Pizza
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He cares more about watching college football than studying for his computer science exam.
CSC isn’t exactly hard at lsu. Maybe he should go into marketing.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:32 pm to Pineapple Pizza
Let him fail... sometimes it's the only thing a good parent can do
This post was edited on 12/20/24 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:34 pm to Pineapple Pizza
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What should we do as parents?
Stop supporting him.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:35 pm to MintBerry Crunch
83 credit cards?
: Ron Burgundy I don't believe you.gif:
You are FOS. Fun troll, doe
: Ron Burgundy I don't believe you.gif:
You are FOS. Fun troll, doe
Posted on 12/20/24 at 2:43 pm to Pineapple Pizza
What an interesting progression in this thread. He went from some poor guy who just wanted to watch college football instead of studying to some POS degenerate with 83 credit cards who got kicked out the house and is couch surfing while gambling away all his money and internship opportunities
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