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<blockquote data-quote="Bean" data-source="post: 370797" data-attributes="member: 8620"><p>I have friends and a social circle, but nobody that I can really talk to. Anytime I want to call someone to vent or talk about my life, I rethink it because EVERYONE I know vents to me instead. I might get to talk for 1 minute, but always end up being on the listening side. Sometimes people will ask about how things are going with Daughter Bean, and that is nice, but they don't <em>get it</em> in the same way. I have noticed the more I open up about her, the more I hear from other people about difficult children in their lives. But it isn't the same.</p><p></p><p>Having a difficult child has put a damper on my social life, my marriage, and the way we've lived our lives over the past few years. Although I feel somewhat blessed through the struggle, I definitely can say it has also had some very negative consequences on our lives, friendships being one of them. I go to a monthly bookclub (which I love), and for 2 years I would have to fend off phone calls and catastrophes from her (unless she was in jail or tx).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bean, post: 370797, member: 8620"] I have friends and a social circle, but nobody that I can really talk to. Anytime I want to call someone to vent or talk about my life, I rethink it because EVERYONE I know vents to me instead. I might get to talk for 1 minute, but always end up being on the listening side. Sometimes people will ask about how things are going with Daughter Bean, and that is nice, but they don't [I]get it[/I] in the same way. I have noticed the more I open up about her, the more I hear from other people about difficult children in their lives. But it isn't the same. Having a difficult child has put a damper on my social life, my marriage, and the way we've lived our lives over the past few years. Although I feel somewhat blessed through the struggle, I definitely can say it has also had some very negative consequences on our lives, friendships being one of them. I go to a monthly bookclub (which I love), and for 2 years I would have to fend off phone calls and catastrophes from her (unless she was in jail or tx). [/QUOTE]
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