Middle-Age Son Refuses To Be Honest With Parents
Dear Abby | September 20th, 2025 | Letter 1 of 3
DEAR ABBY: My son has trouble telling the truth. He was getting up late, dressing for work, leaving and coming back early. When my husband and I asked him about having a job, he said he had one. When we asked him to show us his paycheck, he fumbled around on his phone, then he confessed that he had no job. He said he has been at the library looking for work. This isn't the first time my son has lied to us. He agreed to counseling. He is good to us and he is kind, but he lies. He is in his 40s now. Help! How do we live with a liar? -- CAN'T BELIEVE HIM IN CALIFORNIA.
DEAR CAN'T BELIEVE: Assuming that your son isn't penniless, where has he been getting money? If it is from you and your husband, it's time to stop. That may give him an incentive to look harder for employment. While you are at it, give him a date after which he must have found other lodging, and stick to it. A counselor may be able to help your son with his problem telling the truth, but it is long past time that you stopped living with it.
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