This can mean many different things. Today's action plan. Try to keep everyone in the household happy, no arguments. Then I am off to the garage to change out injectors on the 2003 Tacoma, fuel filter and inspect anything in the way of the maintenance. The wife wants to go boating but its 95 degrees out and tasks need to be finished. The lawn needs mowed but the 17 year old son won't get up. The wife says she needs the exercise and covers for the boy not getting up so she will mow the lawn. Since the boy will want to get up to get his girlfriend should I convince him to help me with the car or cut the lawn? If I do that the wife might get mad.
I am up and that's a good thing
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Wake your son up and make him mow. Tell your wife to make sure he eats breakfast and gets plenty of liquids first.
Your son is probably doing what all 17 year olds do with a GF or BF. Tell him sweat turns women on and to google it.
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Your son is probably doing what all 17 year olds do with a GF or BF. Tell him sweat turns women on and to google it.
Skip the Showers: Male Sweat Turns Women on, Study Says
Men who are gym buffs may want to skip the showers after their next work out.
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I dare him to tell me that. Like my Dad always said, "I can't make you do anything, but I can sure as heck make you wish you had." And he did.
The problem is, you don't mean what you say.
Take his cell phone and games and throw them in the trash after you take a hammer to them. No use of the car and no going out. He will learn to respect you, or he will continue to crap all over you. If he wants those things back, then he can get a job and earn the money to pay for them. You can't be afraid he will be mad at you.
You said " the 17 year old son" You didn't say my son. Is he your son, or step son?
Your kid issues brought this to mind
Does the kid work? I started working 50-58 hours a week when I was 17 during that summer. If he’s working/busting his butt with other things I’d cut some slack there, if he lays around and plays video games all the time it’s time to wake up and do something productive.
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How did the boat ride go ?
My son. He is a good kid he just lacks some discipline. He gets straight A's, doesn't smoke, no drugs, works. He just lacks discipline with the chores. Some of that is my fault but things are getting better. I explain to him that you need to know this stuff. I gotta keep on him and being a parent is a challenge.
This is how it played out yesterday:
1. I started working on the 2003 about 9 am.
2. Wife cut lawn while I was doing that.
3. About 10:30 she comes into shop saying that he is going to girlfriends house. He has to go to work at 4.
4. I think about it for a second. I can either say no help me. Let him go have fun and fix vehicle myself. I chose the latter. These times you can't get back with your kids. Life is precious.
As far as the boat its hot right now. The truck needed to be fixed so I could clear out the P0302 code which is a misfire on cylinder two.
This is how it played out yesterday:
1. I started working on the 2003 about 9 am.
2. Wife cut lawn while I was doing that.
3. About 10:30 she comes into shop saying that he is going to girlfriends house. He has to go to work at 4.
4. I think about it for a second. I can either say no help me. Let him go have fun and fix vehicle myself. I chose the latter. These times you can't get back with your kids. Life is precious.
As far as the boat its hot right now. The truck needed to be fixed so I could clear out the P0302 code which is a misfire on cylinder two.
