Pinkalicious!

[WenikiTiki]

I am working on my plans. Haven't shared them with X.

My S22 has decided he wants to come with me. He thinks his life will be complete if he can just go camping and try to survive all alone in the wilderness. I think he is crazy.

And trying to ruin my plans to get some alone time to contemplate my navel. Exactly how am I supposed to enjoy a retreat if I am wondering did a bear eat my 'not as wilderness ready' as he thinks son?

I reminded him he just got a job. And we had agreed he would try this camping/survival thing next summer. After he saves up some money and pays for the damage he did recently by kicking a hole in the bathtub. And after he comes to me with a realistic plan that shows me he has any real knowledge about wilderness survival. Because watching watching various reality TV shows about it does not count as knowledge. Nor does having beaten every video game ever sold.....

I was a Girl Scout, an Explorer Scout and a leader in the Boy Scouts. I did some advanced training. And I used to read all sorts of survival stories. And I don't feel anywhere near ready to do something like that. Although I do believe if I had to survive out in the wilderness I would stand a chance..... MAYBE!

I am tired of everyone putting their needs before mine. My son is 22, a technically full grown man. He has not yet supported himself and is pretty much making me crazy. I am trying to plan something to help myself out. I am stressed out beyond belief.

My biggest worry with this D is what is going to happen to the kids. That is a silly worry. My oldest and his wife are fully independant. I buy them soy milk and bread sometimes. They would survive without my help. I don't know what to do with S22.

Except let him go out into the wilderness and starve to death and/or get eaten by a bear....