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After almost a year, back in contact with Difficult StepSon.
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<blockquote data-quote="BloodiedButUnbowed" data-source="post: 707714" data-attributes="member: 13303"><p>Dinner went okay. On the positive side, he hugged us and told us he had missed us. On the down side, we were left with the impression his main point in meeting us was to emphatically demand that he be permitted to attend online high school. He wasn't happy to see us because it had been almost a year, he had an agenda he intended to fulfill. He is still the same person, refusing help for his anxiety and depression, insisting he "doesn't need it" and blaming others for his struggles. He doesn't accept authority and thinks he's above it all. At one point he became aggressive at the table and raised his voice, cursed, and slammed his fist on the table. At other times he avoided eye contact and spoke in a mumble. It was obvious to us that he was depressed.</p><p></p><p>He drove to meet us and when he realized he wasn't going to get our approval instantaneously, he became frustrated and remained with us for just a few more minutes before leaving. He did kiss us goodbye before he took off, so that's something.</p><p></p><p>We are leaning toward giving our blessing for online high school. We want to select the school but he's got one in mind, the one his girlfriend attends and which he claims is "easy". He wants everything to be easy, but after spending time with him on Friday and seeing the extent of his depression I am now understanding that for now this is the best he can do. Potential is meaningless really, isn't it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BloodiedButUnbowed, post: 707714, member: 13303"] Dinner went okay. On the positive side, he hugged us and told us he had missed us. On the down side, we were left with the impression his main point in meeting us was to emphatically demand that he be permitted to attend online high school. He wasn't happy to see us because it had been almost a year, he had an agenda he intended to fulfill. He is still the same person, refusing help for his anxiety and depression, insisting he "doesn't need it" and blaming others for his struggles. He doesn't accept authority and thinks he's above it all. At one point he became aggressive at the table and raised his voice, cursed, and slammed his fist on the table. At other times he avoided eye contact and spoke in a mumble. It was obvious to us that he was depressed. He drove to meet us and when he realized he wasn't going to get our approval instantaneously, he became frustrated and remained with us for just a few more minutes before leaving. He did kiss us goodbye before he took off, so that's something. We are leaning toward giving our blessing for online high school. We want to select the school but he's got one in mind, the one his girlfriend attends and which he claims is "easy". He wants everything to be easy, but after spending time with him on Friday and seeing the extent of his depression I am now understanding that for now this is the best he can do. Potential is meaningless really, isn't it? [/QUOTE]
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