Scarlett...

You have NO idea how hard it is NOT to reply with some snide comment about my husband!!!! No, he isn't mentally ill (most of the time), so I will keep those comments to myself.

I WILL say, however, that my parents neighbor is mentally ill--and he is extremely difficult to deal with. He shows up at my parents house EVERY morning at 7am, to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes. He's 50. No job. Lives with his parents. Wife took the kids and left--believe me, I understand why.

Guy lives in a dream world--constantly lying about things for no reason, then forgets what he's told people. When I go in to visit my family, I stay away until he goes home. He's always going on about how he, Mr. Irie and I need to "go out drinking". Oh HELL NO. Did I mention he's 50???? LOL Don't get me wrong--I've got nothing against 50 year olds... but one that acts like he's still a frat boy? Don't think so. I cannot imagine being in any kind of relationship with someone like that...never knowing if they are telling the truth or not.

He's been in this "rut' for three years. He says he's basically waiting for his parents to die, so he can have their house. WHOOSH.
IrieAllie Reviewed by IrieAllie on . relationsip with a mentally ill person Are any of you in a relationship with a mentally ill person? What issues come up? Is it hard to forgive them? Rating: 5