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Finally threw down the gauntlet....
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 44763" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had a friend in HS whose mother smoked weed with her! Now she is an accountant, has been married for 15 yrs and has 4 beautiful children....I'm not saying smoke with him, but there is still the opportunity for him to become a productive member of society!</div></div></p><p></p><p>Yes, there is that chance. And for almost a year, wife and I thought we could influence that chance and make it grow.</p><p></p><p>We were wrong. </p><p></p><p>Since he's "come out", everything good that's happened, happened because he wanted it to. We can't do anything to make him continue to do good things, nor can we do anything to keep him from throwing those things away on a whim. It took a while, but we realize this now.</p><p></p><p>I do hope for a change. I pray for it every day. And regardless of the other crud he leaves strewn about in our lives, I am encouraged that he has chosen to make <strong>some</strong> positive changes on his own. But I'm also now prepared for the fact that he may never "get better".</p><p></p><p>In the immortal words of Jack Nicholson: <em>"What if this is as good as it gets?"</em> It's the answer to that question that wife and I are trying to resolve now.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 44763, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I had a friend in HS whose mother smoked weed with her! Now she is an accountant, has been married for 15 yrs and has 4 beautiful children....I'm not saying smoke with him, but there is still the opportunity for him to become a productive member of society!</div></div> Yes, there is that chance. And for almost a year, wife and I thought we could influence that chance and make it grow. We were wrong. Since he's "come out", everything good that's happened, happened because he wanted it to. We can't do anything to make him continue to do good things, nor can we do anything to keep him from throwing those things away on a whim. It took a while, but we realize this now. I do hope for a change. I pray for it every day. And regardless of the other crud he leaves strewn about in our lives, I am encouraged that he has chosen to make [b]some[/b] positive changes on his own. But I'm also now prepared for the fact that he may never "get better". In the immortal words of Jack Nicholson: [i]"What if this is as good as it gets?"[/i] It's the answer to that question that wife and I are trying to resolve now. Thanks, Mikey [/QUOTE]
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