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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 627580" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>True.</p><p></p><p>I am not sure what the dynamic between my son and myself is, but I don't think it is healthy or strengthening for him. I have heard nothing for the past six months. To me, that means he is being responsible to his own life. Like you, COM, I am determined to draw away, to continue practicing detachment skills. There was a time I would have been devastated, would have been lighting candles and worrying through the nights, if I had not herd from my son in six months.</p><p></p><p>That is all gone.</p><p></p><p>Detachment.</p><p></p><p>I am practicing detaching from those old, unhealthy behaviors <em>of mine</em>.</p><p></p><p>There comes a point for each of us, I think, when we have tried everything but letting go.</p><p></p><p>And then, we do.</p><p></p><p>And sometimes, when we do...the child picks up, turns his life into something to be cherished and respected. It's the strangest thing. And sometimes, they don't turn themselves around. Sometimes, things just keep getting worse. But you are right, COM. Anything we do for them somehow crashes and burns. We (I do) come to resent them more and more.</p><p></p><p>Better to have no relationship.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 627580, member: 17461"] True. I am not sure what the dynamic between my son and myself is, but I don't think it is healthy or strengthening for him. I have heard nothing for the past six months. To me, that means he is being responsible to his own life. Like you, COM, I am determined to draw away, to continue practicing detachment skills. There was a time I would have been devastated, would have been lighting candles and worrying through the nights, if I had not herd from my son in six months. That is all gone. Detachment. I am practicing detaching from those old, unhealthy behaviors [I]of mine[/I]. There comes a point for each of us, I think, when we have tried everything but letting go. And then, we do. And sometimes, when we do...the child picks up, turns his life into something to be cherished and respected. It's the strangest thing. And sometimes, they don't turn themselves around. Sometimes, things just keep getting worse. But you are right, COM. Anything we do for them somehow crashes and burns. We (I do) come to resent them more and more. Better to have no relationship. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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