Dear Abby: Gamer kicked out of house shames dad on social media

Dear Abby: My 23-year-old son does not want to work and spends all his time playing video games. He's obsessed with them. He disrespects my house - and me - by not cleaning his room.

I don't know what to do. He's my son, but he is a user and feels he's entitled to live here. He pays no bills and blows all his money on gaming. He quits every job he has. I love him and kicked him out once, but he got on Facebook and told people what bad parents we are.

All he says is he wants to be happy. I think he's out of touch with reality. He has no place to go if I kick him out. What do I do?

- Dad Who's Had It in Ohio

Dear Dad: Your son is an adult, even if he doesn't act like one. Give him a deadline to find another place to crash - perhaps with a roommate - and be out of there. If he says he has no money, remember that he comes up with money to “blow.”

It will take backbone to stand your ground, but you must not make your decisions and live your life based on what your son will post about you on Facebook. People often vent and exaggerate on social media. Your son is living in an altered reality because you have allowed it. If he isn't forced to stand on his own two feet, he never will.

Dear Readers: Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and no Thanksgiving would be complete without sharing the traditional prayer penned by my dear late mother:

Oh, Heavenly Father,

We thank Thee for food and remember the hungry.

We thank Thee for health and remember the sick.

We thank Thee for

friends and remember the friendless.

We thank Thee for freedom and remember the enslaved.

May these remembrances stir us to service.

That Thy gifts to us may be used for others.

Amen.

Have a safe and happy celebration, everyone!

- Love, Abby