
Crossposted for different perspectivesI apologise in advance if this is insensitive. I don't mean to offend, and if you disagree, I'm open to discussion.My 60+ year old neighbor has a 24 year old son who lives with him. The 24 year old has a 17 year old girlfriend who lives with him.Up until very recently, I haven't had any interaction with them. The 24 year old, we'll call him Chris, was "on the run" or something equally dramatic because he was accused of stealing jewelry from his uncle across the street. He's been back for about 8 months now.Chris always had underage girlfriends. He never finished high school or had a job. He's on social assistance and sells his Adderall prescription for extra cash, which is spent on dip.He's been with his teenage girlfriend for about 6 months now. She also didn't finish high school, and also has no job. They rely on his father for transportation. About a month ago, they smashed the truck while Chris was driving drunk, but they claimed it was a hit and run in a Walmart parking lot so insurance covered it.It was his birthday about two months ago. They both came over, which is the first time I met them besides waving hello. In the 15 minutes they were there, they gloated over being excellent drunk drivers and how they're planning to have a child, and to get married when she turns 18. She said she comes from a horrible family who doesn't care about her, so she doesn't talk with her sexually abusive father or enabling mother. So it's just her, Chris, and their overwhelming desire to have babies because she loves babies.That same day, Chris got into a drunk driving wreck. Go figure.He is now in crutches and excited about the insurance settlement. For the last two months, they've been coming over every other day asking for cigarettes, and when we say we don't have any, asking for a ride to the store to get cigarettes. My husband gave them a ride one time when they said they needed dog food, and now they're here constantly asking for rides for cigarettes or Chinese food or what have you.Yesterday, they announced that she's pregnant.I'm honestly upset by this. I know it's none of my business, and I'm not going to say anything, but this girl has terrible trauma from a horrible upbringing, isn't even 18, no one works, no one finished school, they live in a two bedroom prefab home with a disabled father that reeks of cigarettes from 30 feet away. They don't have a car, they think driving drunk is a perfectly good pastime. And they want to have a baby.My first instinct is to help them, because I know this is going to be tough. His uncle volunteered to get a couple of boxes of diapers, and they think that'll be good for a year or so. They have no idea what they're doing. It is not that baby's fault. But I'm also afraid of even starting to help, because it won't stop. They ask for rides at 8am, 11pm, and everywhere in between, and that was due to the one time my husband just felt bad for their dogs. If I give them anything, I'm afraid I'll be signing up for more than I can handle.What would you do? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2wYQYND
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