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<blockquote data-quote="JerseyDad" data-source="post: 381582"><p>Thank You! I agree with you 100%. The trick was to get my wife on board. She seems to be - FINALLY. Enabling her will NOT help her at all, it only hurts her.</p><p> </p><p>I told my wife (to quote Dr. Phil - even with a little souther draw) -- you keep helping her and enabling her and feeling sorry for her -- HOW'S THAT WORKING FOR YA? We both laughed a little (humor is the BEST coping device) and she agreed that we have to take a strong stand and show tough love.</p><p> </p><p>We're in our 50's, looking at retirement in the next 5 years, what kind of retirement will we face is she continues this? I have a friend who's sister's son is 39, still living at home and stealing, and abusing his mother all the time. She has cancer too! She's now afraid of him and that can't be helping her health at all.</p><p> </p><p>The more I think about this, the more I know I'm doing the right thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JerseyDad, post: 381582"] Thank You! I agree with you 100%. The trick was to get my wife on board. She seems to be - FINALLY. Enabling her will NOT help her at all, it only hurts her. I told my wife (to quote Dr. Phil - even with a little souther draw) -- you keep helping her and enabling her and feeling sorry for her -- HOW'S THAT WORKING FOR YA? We both laughed a little (humor is the BEST coping device) and she agreed that we have to take a strong stand and show tough love. We're in our 50's, looking at retirement in the next 5 years, what kind of retirement will we face is she continues this? I have a friend who's sister's son is 39, still living at home and stealing, and abusing his mother all the time. She has cancer too! She's now afraid of him and that can't be helping her health at all. The more I think about this, the more I know I'm doing the right thing. [/QUOTE]
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