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Family of Origin (FOO) Support Thread Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="SeekingStrength" data-source="post: 662677" data-attributes="member: 17635"><p>Happy hour here, too.</p><p></p><p>I attended an in-service today and one thing we were asked to do : Write down the name of the biggest influence on your youth.</p><p></p><p>uh, that would be my mother - who is not presently speaking to me - AGAIN.</p><p></p><p>My parents are also in their 80's. That bothers me. How can i fake/make a "relationship" with them all these years and then bow out when they are elderly? Well, I cannot....because they are not speaking to me, not answering the phone. That should simplify things.</p><p></p><p>I think of this every day. It feels wrong that I worked so hard to hold on to any semblance of a relationship for decades.... until now. Right now, I have had enough, but they are beginning to need more help. And, my mother told me two weeks ago that she does not want to talk to me. My brother lives in the same town, so he is there to help. While they complain about his wife, how he raises his child, he is hanging in. So, do I just leave it all with him? well, right now, i have no choice, because i am <em>odd man out. </em>Again.</p><p></p><p>It feels wrong to me, yet I have no desire to beg to be part of it again.</p><p></p><p>Another comment made in today's in-service...As adults, we make our own decisions, have our own beliefs, our own value systems.....</p><p>I was tempted to raise my hand and ask if they would tell my parents this; can you give me a note to give them? lol & ack.</p><p></p><p>not funny</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeekingStrength, post: 662677, member: 17635"] Happy hour here, too. I attended an in-service today and one thing we were asked to do : Write down the name of the biggest influence on your youth. uh, that would be my mother - who is not presently speaking to me - AGAIN. My parents are also in their 80's. That bothers me. How can i fake/make a "relationship" with them all these years and then bow out when they are elderly? Well, I cannot....because they are not speaking to me, not answering the phone. That should simplify things. I think of this every day. It feels wrong that I worked so hard to hold on to any semblance of a relationship for decades.... until now. Right now, I have had enough, but they are beginning to need more help. And, my mother told me two weeks ago that she does not want to talk to me. My brother lives in the same town, so he is there to help. While they complain about his wife, how he raises his child, he is hanging in. So, do I just leave it all with him? well, right now, i have no choice, because i am [I]odd man out. [/I]Again. It feels wrong to me, yet I have no desire to beg to be part of it again. Another comment made in today's in-service...As adults, we make our own decisions, have our own beliefs, our own value systems..... I was tempted to raise my hand and ask if they would tell my parents this; can you give me a note to give them? lol & ack. not funny [/QUOTE]
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