My Unemployed 25-Year-Old Son Became Fixated on My Wealthy Friend Twice His Age—Then She Arrived at His Birthday Party With a Gift That Taught Him a Lesson He Would Never Forget
My name is Linda, and for more than a year, I had been watching my twenty-five-year-old son Ryan drift through life without any clear direction. He had been unemployed for over a year. His credit-card debt continued to grow. Bills arrived unopened on his desk. Job applications were started and abandoned. Whenever I tried to…