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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 688090" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Walrus, our children, though adults are not. They may never be able to have relationships with us -- the kind we would want. </p><p></p><p>I know my son loves me and needs me. I know he trusts me and respects me. I know that at the heart of him, he sometimes shows me his heart. (He cried last week when he realized he had done he felt was evil--he pressed charges against a young woman who had broken a window to enter our house. He later withdrew then.)</p><p></p><p>Compromises?</p><p>Honesty?</p><p>Give and take?</p><p></p><p>Not so much. </p><p></p><p>Truth: Taking, lying, manipulating to give the impression of compromising.</p><p>I wince at the words <em>step away. </em></p><p></p><p>Almost, I cannot bear it. </p><p></p><p>I see it as I could not take anymore. I could not let him hurt me or treat me badly. I drew a line that he could not cross again.</p><p></p><p>Walk away? I can never turn away from him. I can only stop him from coming close to me. (I do not know why that distinction is so important to me.) That is why all of this hurts so bad. </p><p></p><p>Thank you Walrus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 688090, member: 18958"] Walrus, our children, though adults are not. They may never be able to have relationships with us -- the kind we would want. I know my son loves me and needs me. I know he trusts me and respects me. I know that at the heart of him, he sometimes shows me his heart. (He cried last week when he realized he had done he felt was evil--he pressed charges against a young woman who had broken a window to enter our house. He later withdrew then.) Compromises? Honesty? Give and take? Not so much. Truth: Taking, lying, manipulating to give the impression of compromising. I wince at the words [I]step away. [/I] Almost, I cannot bear it. I see it as I could not take anymore. I could not let him hurt me or treat me badly. I drew a line that he could not cross again. Walk away? I can never turn away from him. I can only stop him from coming close to me. (I do not know why that distinction is so important to me.) That is why all of this hurts so bad. Thank you Walrus. [/QUOTE]
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