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Adult Son Abusive & Refusing to Work - Advice Needed Please

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jm42 · 15/04/2020 20:54

I have a 23 year old son living with me who has been essentially wasting his life for the past 5 years. He's suffered mental health issues and depression which have worstened in the past 18 months since my DH took his life very suddenly. I have tried relentlessly to get him counselling but he refuses.I have supported him endlessly both emotionally and financially from my pension fund, which is dwindling rapidly. My son has Never held down a job for more than a month and refuses to even look for work. I'm widowed and not working, but supporting him for the past few years. Each time I ask him to pay rent and make a contribution he shrugs but never pays any rent to help with the bills / food. He's staying up all night gaming and sleeping in half the day. Meantime he is wasting his inheritance from his father's life insurance a & there is a constant stream of Amazon deliveries to the house of expensive Tech equipment and gadgets, today a very expensive new laptop arrived. I feel extremely resentful and angry. Easter weekend he lost his temper with me when I was on the phone talking to a male friend, screaming at me because I didn't serve his dinner and said he was going to kill the guy I was talking to (which my friend heard). He smashed the patio doors in my house by throwing a dinner plate at them & I was so upset and scared I called the Police. Police said they would arrest him for criminal damage and hold him in the cells overnight but in the end he went to stay at my eldest sons house after my youngest son persuaded them not to arrest him. In spite of me saying I refused to take him back, my eldest son brought him back to the house the following day telling me he's my problem. And my eldest son now blames me for being an irresponsible parent because my 23 year old has deflected all the blame onto me saying I am a bad mother because I didn't serve his dinner and ignored him. I am beside myself, upset and feeling physically sick. I've told my son I want him to move out by the end of July , I want my own space and cannot continue to have him living with me I've done all I can. Advice please, I feel traumatised and lonely because I don't have a partner and my son is sabotaging any chance I have of rebuilding my life, let alone having a relationship with a nice Man. My male friend called me and said he heard everything & now I've lost the chance of building a relationship with someone I like. I feel like my life is being sabotaged. Advice please?

OP posts:
PicsInRed · 17/04/2020 18:30

An abusive, threatening and violent person doesn't get notice til July.

They leave immediately.

It was wrong of you eldest son to bring him back. Is there a 3rd son? You said your youngest convinced the police not to arrest the violent son.

FabbyChix · 17/04/2020 18:31

Kick him out

celticmissey · 17/04/2020 18:40

Well done if he kicks off you must phone the police immediate my. Domestic abuse includes abuse by family members too. Also if needed have a look at the national centre for domestic violence website where they can provide legal assistance for injunctions etc. Hopefully he will move out don't forget to change the locks after he has gone.

NoMoreDickheads · 17/04/2020 18:52

Great work. xxxxx

Nettleskeins · 17/04/2020 18:55

Mental health issues: can you seek some professional help with this for your son, as it obviously driving his abusive behaviour. Medications, ie antidepressants, and vitamins might change some of his mindset. Vitamin d deficiency,vitamin b12 deficiency can make depression/anxiety/resistance to.advice much worse. I have two children who have had anxiety/violent reactions and this was a contributory.factor. undiagnosed autism can also come out in a very controlling disagreeable manner. Dealing with your sons anxiety rather than just placating him might mean making a stand. NVR is another strategy. You are right to insist things need to change.

Bartlet · 17/04/2020 18:58

Well done op. I know it must be hard but please try not to back down. I’d assume that he’ll start to behave for a while assuming you’ll forget/ forgive until he starts it all back up again. You deserve better in life than being treated like that.

WoodenTickingClock · 17/04/2020 22:19

Contact a women’s refuge for advice too. I know it may seem silly, but as the day of his leaving grows nearer he may become angry and violent.
Get some support in place, somewhere you can escape to if necessary.
Or certainly explore the possibility.
I’m sure they say the most dangerous time for women is when they leave, and slightly reversed, this may be a dangerous time for you.
Get some advice, from an outside agency.

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