Brother-in-Law Matt

I don’t know if I mentioned it on here before or not, but my brother-in-law Matt is living with us now while he goes to school. It was the wife’s idea. I didn’t really want him living here, but I agreed to help the kid out. I thought we should charge him rent, but the wife didn’t want to. Charging him rent wasn’t about the money for me. It was more about teaching the kid some responsibility. I never lived anywhere rent free. As soon as I graduated high school my Mom was charging me rent. Matt pretty much is a lazy ass. All he does is sleep and play video games.

The main thing I hate is that I don’t get as much “Me” time. He stays up late and always seems to be on my computers or hogging the TV. I noticed he was up until 3:00 this morning on my computer, so of course he didn’t go to school today. Everybody says you should go to college right after high school, but I am not sure I agree with that. Some kids aren’t ready for college right after high school. I took a couple years off after high school. I moved in with a buddy, and partied my ass off. Once I got that out of my system I was ready to concentrate on school and did quite well. I think Matt should have taken some time off until he was ready for college, but we will see. I think the only reason he is going is because his family wants him to, and that is not a ticket for success. You have to go to school because YOU want to be there. I doubt he makes it a year, but we will see.