My boyfriend is traveling on business right now. He called me and asked me to check on the house on Sunday. [My boyfriend has his house, and I have mine. When he travels, I stay at my house.]
I went to the house on Sunday evening and opened the door and screamed. There was trash [beer cans, 12 pack containers, posters, candy wrappers, etc., etc.] all over the entry way. I walked to the dining room next and all the furniture had been removed. All the pictures were off the walls. The rug had been removed. The beautiful cherry wood floors were stained with I don't know what. Next, I went to the living room, the furniture had been removed and other furniture put in there. There was a foul odor - turns out to be cigars left in a cup of beer. The carpet was burned. Then the kitchen. Oh, God. Heaps and piles of beer cans, liquor bottles, etc.
People, the list goes on and on. I was crying as I walked through what is a beautiful home which was now destroyed.
It turns out, the 18 year old threw a party while his dad was out of town. The word spread quickly through the high school and over 100 kids showed up.
What kills me is how they trashed the house. And, that my b/f's son left it this way. He apparently thought he'd be able to clean it up before his father got back home. He did not expect me to show up and find out what happened.
Gahhhh! Kids! It will require professional cleaning, replacement of the carpet in the living room, re-upholstering of some furniture, and more. Probably $3k+ worth of damage.
The teenager will pay for it. He said he would and he will be able to [he has a lot of money saved], but he has no idea just how expensive it is going to be.
As I said in an earlier post, I don't have children of my own, but I'm getting my "kid-fix" through my boyfriend's children.
Teenagers. A Party. Destruction to tune of $3k +!!
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i hope your boyfriend sticks to his guns and does make his kid pay for it! (too many don't!!!)
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March 18th, 2008 at 02:21 pm 1205850109
I guess I'm really fortunate that my 17 year old doesn't even remotely entertain such notions. (But he's always been a good kid, despite my obvious bias.
I'm glad he's paying for it though. And on the bright side, I hope that he's learning the real life consequences of his actions. Maybe that'll get it out of his system before he hits college.
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