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Heard from Gfg32 after a month of silence
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<blockquote data-quote="SeekingStrength" data-source="post: 622492" data-attributes="member: 17635"><p>Exactly, RE. <strong>This board has been a Godsend. </strong>husband and I are sad tonight...that it has come to this. We hoped, but did not expect, a better ending. And, maybe, perhaps, some day....the relationship will be better. There is no relationship now---gfg32's choice. He told my mom that my funeral was last week. Glad I didn't show up, lol. (insert laugh instead of tears!)</p><p></p><p>I have always felt so badly for families with estranged "children", as in HOW COULD it come to that?!?! Well, now i understand. Ironically enough, my paternal grandparents experienced this with a son they adopted at age 3. They had four daughters, wanted a son, and adopted one. A few years later, my dad was born. I never heard there were harsh words spoken. It was just that my uncle ran away from home at the age of 15 and moved far away. Years later, he returned to the same small town, with a wife significantly older, stepchildren...and they then had two kids together. He and his parents (my grandparents) seldom communicated. Growing up, the little pieces I was told made me very sad.</p><p></p><p>Now, I wish i could sit down and discuss this with my grandparents. I kinda <em>get it.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Yes, having each other on CD to cry with, rage with, bemoan, commiserate, worry and begin seeing the truth, is huge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeekingStrength, post: 622492, member: 17635"] Exactly, RE. [B]This board has been a Godsend. [/B]husband and I are sad tonight...that it has come to this. We hoped, but did not expect, a better ending. And, maybe, perhaps, some day....the relationship will be better. There is no relationship now---gfg32's choice. He told my mom that my funeral was last week. Glad I didn't show up, lol. (insert laugh instead of tears!) I have always felt so badly for families with estranged "children", as in HOW COULD it come to that?!?! Well, now i understand. Ironically enough, my paternal grandparents experienced this with a son they adopted at age 3. They had four daughters, wanted a son, and adopted one. A few years later, my dad was born. I never heard there were harsh words spoken. It was just that my uncle ran away from home at the age of 15 and moved far away. Years later, he returned to the same small town, with a wife significantly older, stepchildren...and they then had two kids together. He and his parents (my grandparents) seldom communicated. Growing up, the little pieces I was told made me very sad. Now, I wish i could sit down and discuss this with my grandparents. I kinda [I]get it. [/I] Yes, having each other on CD to cry with, rage with, bemoan, commiserate, worry and begin seeing the truth, is huge. [/QUOTE]
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