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Meeting with estranged son on Thursday at 6:30 (nervous)!
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<blockquote data-quote="nvts" data-source="post: 447077" data-attributes="member: 3814"><p>MWM - a little advice here...I think that you've now figured out 90% of the problem...culturally and disposition wise you were both at opposite ends of viewing life. Neither was right, neither was wrong...with maturity comes acceptance of other peoples ways...maybe he's just grown into that acceptance. Any way you slice it though, I don't believe that you owe apologies for what you did regarding how you raised him.</p><p></p><p>I'm a firm believer that if kids came with a user or instruction manual, and you chose to not read it - well, then you screwed up as a parent. But since we all have to WRITE the manual as we go along with each kid, there are BOUND to be confusion, mistakes, hurts, slights and errors. The part that most kids forget or miss entirely are the kissed ouches, the ice cream from the truck even though they were bad, the sleep-overs that we knew were going to be a disaster, the money for the CD that they absolutely did not deserve, and constant tears of joy and pain that flow regularly by Mom and Dad.</p><p></p><p>We're there with you hon! Be proud...there's no reason not to be! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Beth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvts, post: 447077, member: 3814"] MWM - a little advice here...I think that you've now figured out 90% of the problem...culturally and disposition wise you were both at opposite ends of viewing life. Neither was right, neither was wrong...with maturity comes acceptance of other peoples ways...maybe he's just grown into that acceptance. Any way you slice it though, I don't believe that you owe apologies for what you did regarding how you raised him. I'm a firm believer that if kids came with a user or instruction manual, and you chose to not read it - well, then you screwed up as a parent. But since we all have to WRITE the manual as we go along with each kid, there are BOUND to be confusion, mistakes, hurts, slights and errors. The part that most kids forget or miss entirely are the kissed ouches, the ice cream from the truck even though they were bad, the sleep-overs that we knew were going to be a disaster, the money for the CD that they absolutely did not deserve, and constant tears of joy and pain that flow regularly by Mom and Dad. We're there with you hon! Be proud...there's no reason not to be! :) Beth [/QUOTE]
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