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<blockquote data-quote="So Tired" data-source="post: 567562" data-attributes="member: 4772"><p>Thank you all for the kind words! There was no big turning point of anything. Just very, very slowly difficult child's attitude started to shift. It had a lot to do with him getting a job in which he felt appreciated and valued. It was a big boon to his self image. And, over time, he began to realize that all his wonderful "friends" were users that took advantage of people. He used to be so angry that I didn't like these people and didn't want them at my home. It took him getting hurt by them in many ways over for him to see that these people were in lousy situations because they made stupid decisions. So I guess, it was nothing I said or did different, difficult child just had to figure things out the hard way and mature some emotionally. We do still have arguments, but we are both learning to walk away before things get seriously ugly. There are still bad times, but they are less frequent and blow over more easily, so I'm calling that progress! I just wanted to let others know to have strength. Many times I was cried out and hopeless over my difficult child and life seemed too hard to go on. I wanted to let you know how much I appreciated having somewhere to turn to during those times. It's not like I posted a lot, but I read posts and it helped to know I was not alone, and neither are you...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="So Tired, post: 567562, member: 4772"] Thank you all for the kind words! There was no big turning point of anything. Just very, very slowly difficult child's attitude started to shift. It had a lot to do with him getting a job in which he felt appreciated and valued. It was a big boon to his self image. And, over time, he began to realize that all his wonderful "friends" were users that took advantage of people. He used to be so angry that I didn't like these people and didn't want them at my home. It took him getting hurt by them in many ways over for him to see that these people were in lousy situations because they made stupid decisions. So I guess, it was nothing I said or did different, difficult child just had to figure things out the hard way and mature some emotionally. We do still have arguments, but we are both learning to walk away before things get seriously ugly. There are still bad times, but they are less frequent and blow over more easily, so I'm calling that progress! I just wanted to let others know to have strength. Many times I was cried out and hopeless over my difficult child and life seemed too hard to go on. I wanted to let you know how much I appreciated having somewhere to turn to during those times. It's not like I posted a lot, but I read posts and it helped to know I was not alone, and neither are you... [/QUOTE]
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