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help boyfriend on diet pills
| Wed, 11-17-2004 - 11:07am |
i'm worried about my bf. last night he stayed at my house and he left his stuff here cause he is coming back tonight. i was going to wash my laudry and figured i'd wash his from last night well i took his chothes out of his bag and in it was a big bottle of pills i opened it and they look like diet pills to me but the label is gone they could also be vitimins but when i first started dating him he did have diet pills at his house but i didn't say anything about it cause i didn't think it was any of my business but now we've been dating seven months and moving in together in three months. and i'm worried if they are diet pills cause i now they are mostly caffine and that's all he drinks too is mountain dew and coffee it can't be healthy for him should i say something or not. i'm a little mad about it cause a have a three year old and he just left the bag on the bathroom floor. not that i let him play in the bathroom. i don't know what to do.

In a matter-of-fact manner I would straight out ask him what are those pills? Explain that you were going to wash his clothes for him and came across them. It would be okay to express worry about your child finding them.
But I would not recommend a lecture. You have to take it or leave it. See what he says and then tell us!!
I would approach it from a safety issue for your son.
Kim
Hi
I do thing especially as a safety concern you should address this. I know some diet pills can be addictive. Even if not physically so, emotionally so. And if they have ephederine (sp?) aren't they illegal? I'm not sure but I thought they recently made those illegal at least in some places.
If you two are going to start a life together, you do have a right to be concerned with him abusing his body. I would tell him what happened and ask him if they are diet pills and explain to him your concerns without lecturing.
He should at the very least, give you the respect of listening to your concerns.
Let us know what happens.
Hugs
Tara
I think the previous advice is good. Question him about what they are and then deal with whatever it is. I would also say that your 3 year old could have found them and that concerns you.
But even having pills up high or in a child-safe bottle is not enough. Kids can pull a chair and climb onto a counter, and child-safe caps are harder for arthritic hands to open than they are for a persistent 3-year old to open. I take a lot of medication and it started around the time my dd was 3. I have dropped pills before and not been able to find them. So I do not rely on keeping them out of reach. I taught her what to do if she ever see's a pill on the floor or anywhere - and that is stop and tell mommy. And it's worked. One time I somehow dropped a calcium tablet without knowing it and she saw it and told me right away. I've had her help me look for a pill I have dropped before and when she finds it she does not get within a foot of it and instead ponts to it and tells me. I think having her know what to do when she finds a pill is much safer than trying to keep them out of her reach.