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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 712876" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Not at all. It is different for each of us. To me it means living from respect for ourselves and our adult children, the bottom line that in our presence they respect themselves and us by their actions and words(because we will not tolerate otherwise. (If they choose to not do this, they need to leave.) I am a work in progress. And so is my son. But I am learning to accept that his life is his own business, not mine.</p><p></p><p>Right now my 28 year old son is asleep in the other side of the house. I feel content he is near me and that I know he is safe and happy for right now. I am learning to live with honoring that he knows the best for himself, and I can and must trust him to do it. By doing this,<em> I trust myself. </em>That does not mean that I can impose my sense of what is best and what he needs, which I do all the time. But I am wrong when I do this. And he is telling me so. Good for him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 712876, member: 18958"] Not at all. It is different for each of us. To me it means living from respect for ourselves and our adult children, the bottom line that in our presence they respect themselves and us by their actions and words(because we will not tolerate otherwise. (If they choose to not do this, they need to leave.) I am a work in progress. And so is my son. But I am learning to accept that his life is his own business, not mine. Right now my 28 year old son is asleep in the other side of the house. I feel content he is near me and that I know he is safe and happy for right now. I am learning to live with honoring that he knows the best for himself, and I can and must trust him to do it. By doing this,[I] I trust myself. [/I]That does not mean that I can impose my sense of what is best and what he needs, which I do all the time. But I am wrong when I do this. And he is telling me so. Good for him. [/QUOTE]
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