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<blockquote data-quote="EB67" data-source="post: 54073" data-attributes="member: 3750"><p>This passage is so meaningful to me Amber and I thank you for it. It's illuminating.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, I have been very honest (too honest) with people about Seb's shortcomings and strengths in hopes that they will see that he is a complex and wonderful person. I have a sort of polyanna approach at times-- I assume that the world sees things as I do and it's not the case. I am fairly certain that some people don't allow for the possibility of Seb's incredible side-some just run from him as if he were the plague.</p><p></p><p>I just thought that if people see objectively (as if) that he is compassionate, brilliant, hysterically funny... that somehow they would feel empathy for him where it concerns his difficulties. Some people see him for who he is. Many won't. And like you, I need to find peace with this.</p><p></p><p>I have always prided myself for not getting caught up in the high school-esque catty social scene in this oppressively one-upping town. The nasty people, the social climbers-- they just aren't on my radar and I act as if they don't exist. If they judge me, then so be it because at heart they don't affect me. But where it concerns my children it's devastating. I have to learn to get past this.</p><p></p><p>But I've been in hiding ever since the event. I declined an invite to the end of term party. I am dreading the parental farewell tradition at the end of the last day of school tomorrow. And I am dreading seeing this mother at the pool all summer. This one event has made me feel like going underground. Since it happened I have done things in other towns (went bowling with the boys, went to a beach an hour away this afternoon...)</p><p></p><p>I have to find a way to get on with my life and not get consumed by whatever gossip passes around this town like a virus.</p><p></p><p>Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EB67, post: 54073, member: 3750"] This passage is so meaningful to me Amber and I thank you for it. It's illuminating. Similarly, I have been very honest (too honest) with people about Seb's shortcomings and strengths in hopes that they will see that he is a complex and wonderful person. I have a sort of polyanna approach at times-- I assume that the world sees things as I do and it's not the case. I am fairly certain that some people don't allow for the possibility of Seb's incredible side-some just run from him as if he were the plague. I just thought that if people see objectively (as if) that he is compassionate, brilliant, hysterically funny... that somehow they would feel empathy for him where it concerns his difficulties. Some people see him for who he is. Many won't. And like you, I need to find peace with this. I have always prided myself for not getting caught up in the high school-esque catty social scene in this oppressively one-upping town. The nasty people, the social climbers-- they just aren't on my radar and I act as if they don't exist. If they judge me, then so be it because at heart they don't affect me. But where it concerns my children it's devastating. I have to learn to get past this. But I've been in hiding ever since the event. I declined an invite to the end of term party. I am dreading the parental farewell tradition at the end of the last day of school tomorrow. And I am dreading seeing this mother at the pool all summer. This one event has made me feel like going underground. Since it happened I have done things in other towns (went bowling with the boys, went to a beach an hour away this afternoon...) I have to find a way to get on with my life and not get consumed by whatever gossip passes around this town like a virus. Thank you. [/QUOTE]
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