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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 124007" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>I wish I had the answer on how you handle this, but I don't. Your meeting sounds like an excellent start though, and I would proceed from there. in my opinion, you need to sever any guilt you may have about not being there for difficult child or baby - it is not productive. I so understand you not wanting to take back on parenting difficult child, or a new baby.........and guilt should not be the reason you change your mind, or decide any differently but the direction your gut is leading you.</p><p></p><p>You have my support, and I am sending you strength, in whatever avenue you choose. I, for one, can never imagine raising another child. Not because I don't love children - but perhaps because I love too much. It would be the last nail in my coffin, and I know that. If difficult child ever impregnates someone and the mom or him is not capable of raising it, I will not be in the picture. As harsh as that sounds, I have given difficult child all I have, and more. There is nothing left. That is also how I feel about the day he moves out - that day, when it comes - will represent finality. I, for my own sake, will need to know he will never come back. Perhaps it is the same for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 124007, member: 3301"] I wish I had the answer on how you handle this, but I don't. Your meeting sounds like an excellent start though, and I would proceed from there. in my opinion, you need to sever any guilt you may have about not being there for difficult child or baby - it is not productive. I so understand you not wanting to take back on parenting difficult child, or a new baby.........and guilt should not be the reason you change your mind, or decide any differently but the direction your gut is leading you. You have my support, and I am sending you strength, in whatever avenue you choose. I, for one, can never imagine raising another child. Not because I don't love children - but perhaps because I love too much. It would be the last nail in my coffin, and I know that. If difficult child ever impregnates someone and the mom or him is not capable of raising it, I will not be in the picture. As harsh as that sounds, I have given difficult child all I have, and more. There is nothing left. That is also how I feel about the day he moves out - that day, when it comes - will represent finality. I, for my own sake, will need to know he will never come back. Perhaps it is the same for you. [/QUOTE]
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