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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 698384" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Albie:</p><p>We shall see. Son went to the local college to get information. My husband is guiding him to take a few classes in January then full time in Fall when he will be a resident. Son wants to do this and husband supports it. Son is smart and as he says "we have to at least do this for him and then we are done". I don't know about all their conversations while they were together and I'm okay with that. </p><p></p><p>I have stepped waaaaaay back. Husband told son he is going to contact him every few days to see what he's doing to move forward. Getting transcripts sent etc. Husband is pushing this but maybe this will all work. Who knows. Who knows what will drive the change. I want to be optimistic but I am remaining neutral.</p><p></p><p>I think this is a result of a lot of feelings that my husband finally faced during this visit. I have actively been doing this for five years. He has not been in touch with his feelings which to me is a typical guy thing - at least in our family. Our son also expressed a lot of feelings after seeing his dad and feeling the closeness of family again after many months alone. He missed it. He sent some very touching and heartbreaking messages after he and his dad parted ways that day.</p><p></p><p>As you've all said, this is a long process that we as parents have no real control over. I don't know what the future holds for our son and our family and maybe it's better that way. I don't know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 698384, member: 15032"] Albie: We shall see. Son went to the local college to get information. My husband is guiding him to take a few classes in January then full time in Fall when he will be a resident. Son wants to do this and husband supports it. Son is smart and as he says "we have to at least do this for him and then we are done". I don't know about all their conversations while they were together and I'm okay with that. I have stepped waaaaaay back. Husband told son he is going to contact him every few days to see what he's doing to move forward. Getting transcripts sent etc. Husband is pushing this but maybe this will all work. Who knows. Who knows what will drive the change. I want to be optimistic but I am remaining neutral. I think this is a result of a lot of feelings that my husband finally faced during this visit. I have actively been doing this for five years. He has not been in touch with his feelings which to me is a typical guy thing - at least in our family. Our son also expressed a lot of feelings after seeing his dad and feeling the closeness of family again after many months alone. He missed it. He sent some very touching and heartbreaking messages after he and his dad parted ways that day. As you've all said, this is a long process that we as parents have no real control over. I don't know what the future holds for our son and our family and maybe it's better that way. I don't know. [/QUOTE]
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