Quote Originally Posted by ggiese
My son is a great kid - everyone loves to have him around - parents want to adopt him - friends call all hours of the day and night - he has an incredibly sweet and nice girlfriend - he just has a bit of a strange sense of priorities. I think he'll do just fine, but I think he's always going to have to work at it because he's always creating a hole for himself. I just wish he'd use his efforts more effectively - like being an Eagle Scout and getting A's in his classes...

I know - my second oldest has hair past his shoulders, listens to (and plays on guitar, quite well) a sub-genre of music - black metal. The musicianship of some of these bands is pretty amazing, but the lyrics'll blow your hair back. He's a great kid too. He's just choosing to walk a rockier path.