I know two young men, both in their early 20s, one, Rob, is the son of a neighbour, the other, Jack is someone we've met on the cut.
Both were disinterested in school, both left with no qualifications.
Rob has his food and booze provided along with his choice of Sky tv channels and his phone contract paid. He is always smartly turned out, at his mother's expense. He has had 2 jobs in the last 18 months, one he lasted a whole day, the other he walked after a couple of hours as it was boring!
Jack lives on his narrowboat that he is doing up, he paid £1000 for the boat as it was such a wreck.
Jack passed us a couple of hours ago, he wasn't on his own boat, he was moving a boat for someone, he is known as a safe and reliable boat mover, he also repairs boats and works in a local pub. He doesn't have Sky tv and he only has a basic phone. He usually looks a bit scruffy apart from when he's working a shift in the pub.
Scrimping and saving, ranting and raving. Past retirement age.
6 comments:
Jack sounds like a nice lad!
Some people will take everything they can get for nothing and do nothing. Some people will make do and mend and work their way through life and become givers. I know which type of lad I'd like to be, well done Jack
Jack sounds like quite a catch with a good head for the future. Careful spender, knows many tasks and does them well..... He is living how I try to explain to other young ones is a good way to start out. Learn to repair, to be of service to others, take care of your things, and watch your spending.
Way too many think they should start out with everything their parents worked long and hard to get. I will always remember our first apartment which was a converted garage. Loved it and our landlords. ana usa
Robs mum could do with reading your blog and the comments. Grow up Rob be more like Jack and stop relying on mummy. Robs mummy needs to realise she is not doing him any favours. Strangely enough my daughter said to me ' you weren't the popular parent, but the parent who wanted the best out of her children.....and got it! Sometimes being friends doesn't work.
I blame the mother, he's a lazy beggar with a massive sense of entitlement.
It's sad when you see parents overindulging their offspring, to the extent that they cannot function independently.
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