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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 306638" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Marg,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your post.</p><p></p><p>You got one thing right.</p><p></p><p>daughter in law controls every aspect of George's life. I can't send him any books. She won't read my books to him. She won't let him wear anything sent to him from my son's side of the family. My son can't read to him. She yells at him that it's not time to read or that it's the wrong book. Her own family, who he is around a lot, is hardly intellectual. So he gets his once a night read. </p><p></p><p>daughter in law will not allow anyone but herself to do anything with George (well, she's let her sister and mom but neither of them are going to interact with him the way he needs it. He is just sort of there while they are there).</p><p></p><p>So it's not a good situation, and my son is partly guilty because he won't do anything to alienate her. I told him last night that I can't be the one he complains about his marital problems to because it upsets me too much and because, in spite of how bad it is, he isn't going to leave or stand up for himself. I *didn't* tell him the whole reason...I just said that it's best if he confides in somebody else because I'm too emotionally involved.</p><p></p><p>Frankly, it's starting to stress me out badly and, since I can't really help in any way, I need him to find somebody else to confide in. I know he doesn't have friends, but this is a great chance for him to force himself to make friends. He does talk to a lot of people at work and has a psychologist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 306638, member: 1550"] Marg, Thanks for your post. You got one thing right. daughter in law controls every aspect of George's life. I can't send him any books. She won't read my books to him. She won't let him wear anything sent to him from my son's side of the family. My son can't read to him. She yells at him that it's not time to read or that it's the wrong book. Her own family, who he is around a lot, is hardly intellectual. So he gets his once a night read. daughter in law will not allow anyone but herself to do anything with George (well, she's let her sister and mom but neither of them are going to interact with him the way he needs it. He is just sort of there while they are there). So it's not a good situation, and my son is partly guilty because he won't do anything to alienate her. I told him last night that I can't be the one he complains about his marital problems to because it upsets me too much and because, in spite of how bad it is, he isn't going to leave or stand up for himself. I *didn't* tell him the whole reason...I just said that it's best if he confides in somebody else because I'm too emotionally involved. Frankly, it's starting to stress me out badly and, since I can't really help in any way, I need him to find somebody else to confide in. I know he doesn't have friends, but this is a great chance for him to force himself to make friends. He does talk to a lot of people at work and has a psychologist. [/QUOTE]
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