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<blockquote data-quote="DoneDad" data-source="post: 661559" data-attributes="member: 17244"><p>I know you're hurting from this reunion experience. I hope you can let go of all this craziness and try to be happy. Your son's plans and actions are not in sync with reality and whoever gets drawn in to them is going to suffer. He plans to live in the woods behind a trailer park and mooch off an underage girl he met on the Internet, while her new step-father looks on? How is that not going to be a disaster? My own daughter has come up with scenarios just as bizarre as that. The only thing you can do is detach. Let him know your honest opinion of what he is doing and tell him you're not going to be part of it.</p><p></p><p>If family members choose to get sucked in, let them know you won't be riding in to the rescue when it goes south. They want to step in and save them and show you how it's done, until they see what it is you've been dealing with ... Then it's "hey he's your kid you handle him." </p><p></p><p>None of this is a criticism or judgement of you. I know dealing with a Difficult Child is hard enough, then add in extended family dynamics and it gets really fun. You can't control him, you can't control them, so focus on what you can control, which is yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoneDad, post: 661559, member: 17244"] I know you're hurting from this reunion experience. I hope you can let go of all this craziness and try to be happy. Your son's plans and actions are not in sync with reality and whoever gets drawn in to them is going to suffer. He plans to live in the woods behind a trailer park and mooch off an underage girl he met on the Internet, while her new step-father looks on? How is that not going to be a disaster? My own daughter has come up with scenarios just as bizarre as that. The only thing you can do is detach. Let him know your honest opinion of what he is doing and tell him you're not going to be part of it. If family members choose to get sucked in, let them know you won't be riding in to the rescue when it goes south. They want to step in and save them and show you how it's done, until they see what it is you've been dealing with ... Then it's "hey he's your kid you handle him." None of this is a criticism or judgement of you. I know dealing with a Difficult Child is hard enough, then add in extended family dynamics and it gets really fun. You can't control him, you can't control them, so focus on what you can control, which is yourself. [/QUOTE]
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