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Update on Scott, the grown child who left the family
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 550420" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>MWM, the only thing I would point out is when you say "I know it's wrong". It's not wrong at all. I know it might seem that others would look at us as monsters because we have let our children go, but only if that's the <em>only</em> thing they know. If they know everything you know about Scott, or everything I know about L, they'd totally get it. I still worry when I explain something to an old friend that already knows our situation about for example what happened with the demand for my DNA and that I told her to never contact us again. But everyone to the very last person says, "you did the right thing". For some reason, every time I hear that I feel first as though I've dodged a bullet, and then a sense of peace knowing that there is nothing wrong because I've made an adult informed decision, and haven't let something unpleasant control me</p><p></p><p>MWM, <em>you</em> have done the right thing, and I can't tell you how proud I am of you for not being triggered by a birthday. We both know that there are days - fewer and further between - that trigger a memory of a time or thing long ago, but it's what we do with that memory that counts. You stayed in the present, and that's what life is about. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 550420, member: 99"] MWM, the only thing I would point out is when you say "I know it's wrong". It's not wrong at all. I know it might seem that others would look at us as monsters because we have let our children go, but only if that's the [I]only[/I] thing they know. If they know everything you know about Scott, or everything I know about L, they'd totally get it. I still worry when I explain something to an old friend that already knows our situation about for example what happened with the demand for my DNA and that I told her to never contact us again. But everyone to the very last person says, "you did the right thing". For some reason, every time I hear that I feel first as though I've dodged a bullet, and then a sense of peace knowing that there is nothing wrong because I've made an adult informed decision, and haven't let something unpleasant control me MWM, [I]you[/I] have done the right thing, and I can't tell you how proud I am of you for not being triggered by a birthday. We both know that there are days - fewer and further between - that trigger a memory of a time or thing long ago, but it's what we do with that memory that counts. You stayed in the present, and that's what life is about. ;) [/QUOTE]
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