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Do you avoid others to avoid talking about difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="onlyone" data-source="post: 609083" data-attributes="member: 17020"><p>Yes- I totally understand. husband and I just visited his 86 year old aunt today. She asked how ghg was doing. She really had no idea (or had forgotten) and wanted to know. It broke my heart- but we told her we were doing all we could, but our 28 yr old ghg is still struggling. We told her we do what we can, but some of what we have done in the past has just been enabling, so we are just trying to be there when she is ready to make a change for recovery. </p><p>It is so hard- I actually think this lovely older lady had more empathy for us than most people who ask- she knows from her life experience that one can't 'make' someone change or make the right decisions in their life. </p><p>It sometimes seems some people thrive on telling us about how successful their kids are, how well they are doing. Only parents of other ghg's know and understand that despite our best efforts, our children follow their own paths ....... </p><p>Sometimes I just say- 'GHG is struggling' or 'She has some issues right now' and leave it at that. Not many ask further questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onlyone, post: 609083, member: 17020"] Yes- I totally understand. husband and I just visited his 86 year old aunt today. She asked how ghg was doing. She really had no idea (or had forgotten) and wanted to know. It broke my heart- but we told her we were doing all we could, but our 28 yr old ghg is still struggling. We told her we do what we can, but some of what we have done in the past has just been enabling, so we are just trying to be there when she is ready to make a change for recovery. It is so hard- I actually think this lovely older lady had more empathy for us than most people who ask- she knows from her life experience that one can't 'make' someone change or make the right decisions in their life. It sometimes seems some people thrive on telling us about how successful their kids are, how well they are doing. Only parents of other ghg's know and understand that despite our best efforts, our children follow their own paths ....... Sometimes I just say- 'GHG is struggling' or 'She has some issues right now' and leave it at that. Not many ask further questions. [/QUOTE]
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