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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 350989" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>CinVA, I think you're perfectly right to put your life and your needs at the top of your priority list. Your children are grown up and should be seeking independence, leading their own lives.</p><p>I think that many of our difficult children have a great degree of self-centredness. They become so much the focus of our entire lives during their often hellish teen years, that it is easy to believe it truly is All About Them. Then, when they grow up and leave the nest, many of us heave a sigh of relief at finally having the freedom to do all the things we put off for so many years. I think it bewilders them to realize that they're not nearly as much the centre of our universe that they believed themselves to be.</p><p></p><p>This is not to say that we don't love them, and that we won't help them when it's necessary and appropriate. It's just that every waking minute is no longer all about them and they find it hard to live without that level of attention.</p><p></p><p>Stick to your guns, you've more than earned it.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 350989, member: 3907"] CinVA, I think you're perfectly right to put your life and your needs at the top of your priority list. Your children are grown up and should be seeking independence, leading their own lives. I think that many of our difficult children have a great degree of self-centredness. They become so much the focus of our entire lives during their often hellish teen years, that it is easy to believe it truly is All About Them. Then, when they grow up and leave the nest, many of us heave a sigh of relief at finally having the freedom to do all the things we put off for so many years. I think it bewilders them to realize that they're not nearly as much the centre of our universe that they believed themselves to be. This is not to say that we don't love them, and that we won't help them when it's necessary and appropriate. It's just that every waking minute is no longer all about them and they find it hard to live without that level of attention. Stick to your guns, you've more than earned it. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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