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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid (he is a kid even though he’s 18) is away in college.  He lied and told his dad he needed money for a refrigerator.  Dad did not question this, even though he knew he has a refrigerator in his college suite and gave him money.  Kid went to a tattoo parlour (cheapest he could find because refrigerators are not that expensive) and got two tattoos that are horrible, beyond horrible.  Worst tattoos ever.  Kid knows I hate tattoos.  We’ve had multiple conversations about them.

This was two weeks ago.  I’m a mess.  I can’t sleep or think of anything else other than what he did to his once perfect body.  They are trashy and disgusting.  I hate my son for doing this to himself and ME.  I can’t function I’m so upset.  I don’t know what to do.  He says he won’t remove them.  I don’t want to see my son when he comes home from spring break because I’m so angry and disappointed.[/quote]

He is his own person. He will do things differently from you.  It is not a failure on your part.  He does not belong to you.  You do not own him.  He needs to make a few mistakes along the way.  Everyone needs to.  Whenever you think about it. Stop - close your eyes, breathe in for four seconds, hold for four seconds, breathe out for seven seconds and think “that does not belong to me, that does not belong to me, that does not belong to me……..”.

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“He does not belong to you.”

Is a quote that many parents on DCUM need to memorize.

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