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difficult child stabbed yesterday, he's okay, in hospital
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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 634535" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>Amen. That is exactly right. It is an issue of our boundaries AND an issue of our innate desire to do what's best for our (adult) children. It violates both of those fundamental parts of who we are. It hits us on both ends. And it never stops, until we say that's enough. It's OK to be at that point. Because they aren't going to stop on their own, that's for sure.</p><p></p><p> I understand how you feel. We try to do the right thing, the loving thing, even though it might be in large part a giant pain in the rear, and then we realize they didn't learn from it or profit from it in anything other than the immediate moment. And we are hit in the face once again with the realization that that's all they really care about anyway. It's so exhausting and the pointlessness of it is overwhelming sometimes. </p><p></p><p>I'm glad you updated us. I've been wondering how things were going.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 634535, member: 17720"] Amen. That is exactly right. It is an issue of our boundaries AND an issue of our innate desire to do what's best for our (adult) children. It violates both of those fundamental parts of who we are. It hits us on both ends. And it never stops, until we say that's enough. It's OK to be at that point. Because they aren't going to stop on their own, that's for sure. I understand how you feel. We try to do the right thing, the loving thing, even though it might be in large part a giant pain in the rear, and then we realize they didn't learn from it or profit from it in anything other than the immediate moment. And we are hit in the face once again with the realization that that's all they really care about anyway. It's so exhausting and the pointlessness of it is overwhelming sometimes. I'm glad you updated us. I've been wondering how things were going. [/QUOTE]
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