Growing up is hard to do

It's a lot harder than it looks y'know. Growing up. Being 18 and still so dependent on your parents and others. When you want so desperately to be on your own and lacking the skills and finances to make it possible. Going to school sux. Working for the next 50 years sux. Life in general at this age, sux. All you want to do is go out there in the great big world and have fun. Fun with no rules. No adults telling you what to do. Now THAT is being free. Or is it? When adults are not telling you what to do, the law does. Even though you might not have to abide by "house rules", you have to abide by the law. Society has its' own rules. The responsibilities of being an adult are endless. You have to be responsible and get a job, pay your bills and possibly continue your education. In todays' competitive job market, the more education you have, the better your chances of getting a nice job. And should you choose not to get an education, the more hours you'll have to put in at your slave labor job just to make ends meet. And let's not even talk about dating. Being an adult isn't what it's cracked up to be, is it? For so long, you have dreamed of turning 18 and having your parents no longer tell you what to do. And now look. The cops tell you what to do. Society tells you what to do. Employers tell you what to do. Teachers tell you what to do. The list is endless. And when you're 40, whether you are successful or not, people will still be telling you what to do.

Freeloaders & the Girls Who Leave Them

Freeloaders.. So many things come to mind when you say that. Grown people living off of others. Sponges. Moochers. I kicked mine to the curb yesterday. Couldn't afford to keep him around. He acted surprised when I told him 2 weeks ago he had to move out. I told him it's been a long time coming and he shouldn't be surprised. We hadn't been intimate in nearly a year and it was just getting old. I got to that point when I just asked, "What do I need this guy for? He's not close to me any more. He feels no duty, responsibility or obligation towards me or my two children. Can't help pay the bills. So why is he here? Can't put food on the table or help me out in any way. So why keep him? Love? Uhm.. no." And since he's left, I feel so much more.. well.. free er.. If that makes sense to anybody. Like cutting out a hangnail or pulling out a dead tooth. I attend college full-time and have 2 teenage children to raise. I certainly cannot afford to support a grown man capable of working, yet choosing not to. I try to raise my children, my son especially, to have a sense of duty, honor, responsibility towards his family. This is extremely difficult to do with a mooch lying around the house, hoping a job will just fall into his lap, sleeping all day playing video games. So yeah.. sometimes you have to kick people to the curb. Especially if they aren't good role models for your children. And you know what? I do not feel guilty about it.