Dear Jasmine,
I am a 25 year old single mother whom just bought a house. My mother and 18 year brother moved in with me to help with my son so I could go to school.
While we were away this weekend, my brother called into work and partied at my house. A mad, drunken kid crashed into 5 cars in my driveway and caused damage to my house. My mother did nothing about this, not even yelling.
I told my mother and him I didn’t want any of his friends at the house for a while. She said that he is 18 years old and can have friends over whenever he wants. Am I wrong to give out some sort of consequence for this?
Mary
Kansas City, MO
Dear Mary,
You are definitely not in the wrong. Your mother and brother seem to have overstep their boundaries and disrespected your house. Are they paying the bills at your house? Whether or not they are or not, they should respect the house and everyone in it.
If they refuse to listen and you don’t need their support, I would say have them move on out because you don’t need to have two grown adults in your house that act more immature then your son.
Always here,
Jasmine
