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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 656363" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Copa, sometimes you write things that I read and it sounds like me. This is exactly how I feel.</p><p> </p><p>I don't <em>want</em> to enable my son. I don't want to rescue him. I want him to grow up, to stand on his own two feet, to take care of himself. I want him strong and capable.</p><p> </p><p>But then he tells me about his life and he doesn't seem to want what's going on. He doesn't want to be homeless and have no friends and have nothing. He doesn't like his life. He's unhappy and sad and lost.</p><p> </p><p>But does he want to change? He wants his situation to change...but I don't know if HE wants to change...and if he does...I don't think he knows HOW.</p><p> </p><p>I do want to help. But I don't want to enable. I don't know any way to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 656363, member: 17309"] Copa, sometimes you write things that I read and it sounds like me. This is exactly how I feel. I don't [I]want[/I] to enable my son. I don't want to rescue him. I want him to grow up, to stand on his own two feet, to take care of himself. I want him strong and capable. But then he tells me about his life and he doesn't seem to want what's going on. He doesn't want to be homeless and have no friends and have nothing. He doesn't like his life. He's unhappy and sad and lost. But does he want to change? He wants his situation to change...but I don't know if HE wants to change...and if he does...I don't think he knows HOW. I do want to help. But I don't want to enable. I don't know any way to do that. [/QUOTE]
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