Wow! I had missed out on this thread. That's amazing how you guys had once tried to put them up in motels. In hindsight though it's pretty obvious why that didn't work out. The kinds of new "friends" the models would make hanging out in a motel are exactly the kind who would either be selling drugs, telling them where they could score drugs or booze, or helping them find the "best" parties and mischief that South Florida offers.
It sounds like a total NIGHTMARE to me. Thank God you don't do that anymore. I can only imagine having an 18-20 year old kid in your care who finds a party and disappears for 5 days. Maybe the parents don't even know he left state.
So you've got this 18 y/o kid in Michigan who told his parents that he was going on a weekend camping trip, 10 miles away, with friends from school. He left on Thursday to return on Monday. The kid went to a Ft. Lauderdale party on Saturday night and hasn't been seen again. Now it's 5 days later and David and Eddie are frantic. The parents are frantic. Do they call the parents? Do they not? If they call the parents what do they tell them? Are the parents in Michigan going to get a call from the Broward County P.D. telling them that their son's body has been found in a ditch in South Florida? Oy Vey!
It's so much better for them that they stay with you David. Where you have a whole lot more control over their activities. I don't envy you though as far as having to wonder if your stuff is going to get stolen and pawned. Or whether your property is going to get damaged because people aren't respecting it properly.
As for Braden it's very sad. I have never joined ASG even though I considered it years ago. The drama and the sleaziness over there has become well known to many of us though anyway. Poor Braden is really scraping the bottom of the barrel over there. He'll make some money. But because he's so young and not very bright, he won't put it to good use. The one thing he has going for him in life is his looks. But the drugs and alcohol will take that away from him too eventually if he doesn't make major changes. He's in for a hard fall. It's a shame. I can only hope that he will eventually get his life together enough to find some degree of happiness.
See how enlightening this place can be when David feels comfortable to open up to us once in a while?
It sounds like a total NIGHTMARE to me. Thank God you don't do that anymore. I can only imagine having an 18-20 year old kid in your care who finds a party and disappears for 5 days. Maybe the parents don't even know he left state.
So you've got this 18 y/o kid in Michigan who told his parents that he was going on a weekend camping trip, 10 miles away, with friends from school. He left on Thursday to return on Monday. The kid went to a Ft. Lauderdale party on Saturday night and hasn't been seen again. Now it's 5 days later and David and Eddie are frantic. The parents are frantic. Do they call the parents? Do they not? If they call the parents what do they tell them? Are the parents in Michigan going to get a call from the Broward County P.D. telling them that their son's body has been found in a ditch in South Florida? Oy Vey!
It's so much better for them that they stay with you David. Where you have a whole lot more control over their activities. I don't envy you though as far as having to wonder if your stuff is going to get stolen and pawned. Or whether your property is going to get damaged because people aren't respecting it properly.
As for Braden it's very sad. I have never joined ASG even though I considered it years ago. The drama and the sleaziness over there has become well known to many of us though anyway. Poor Braden is really scraping the bottom of the barrel over there. He'll make some money. But because he's so young and not very bright, he won't put it to good use. The one thing he has going for him in life is his looks. But the drugs and alcohol will take that away from him too eventually if he doesn't make major changes. He's in for a hard fall. It's a shame. I can only hope that he will eventually get his life together enough to find some degree of happiness.
See how enlightening this place can be when David feels comfortable to open up to us once in a while?