Made it to 3 years!

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He is my step-son and lives here with us. Except when he takes his several months vacation back to Belarus each year. I am gradually weening him away from these long trips for several reasons. First, he needs to understand that this is now his home and he needs to find friends here ( male and female) so that his old buds back home gradually become less important. Secondly, although he works, it is a job that pays cash and he can take this kind of time off. Once he finds a "real" job, he will be very limited to time off. like the rest of us working dudes ( and dudettes). And lastly,  he needs to find his own place..soon.. and he cannot ask the landlord for a few months "leave of absence" and not pay his monthly rent.

Viking, thanks for the update. What about his English? Does he make more efforts to study it now?