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Frustrating update on how to comfort grown son in impending divorce...or is it?
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<blockquote data-quote="everywoman" data-source="post: 299770" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>MWM---several years ago my son's wife left him. He, too, called me for support. He was determined to make his marriage work and told me he would not get divorced without doing everything he knew to do. And he did. She wanted to divorce right away. He insisted on seeing a counselor. She moved back home to her parents. He found a new job and moved closer to her. He worked really hard to save his marriage in a situation where most men would have ran in the other direction (she thought she was still in love with her high school sweetheart.) He did save the marriage. I never said a bad word about daughter in law. I never told him what he should do. I just listened. It is very hard not to "defend" your child when he has been hurt badly, but I knew if he succeeded in saving the marriage then she would still be my daughter in law---if he didn't she would still be the mother of my grandson. Listen to your son. Love him. Support the choices he makes. But try to keep your advice to yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="everywoman, post: 299770, member: 1436"] MWM---several years ago my son's wife left him. He, too, called me for support. He was determined to make his marriage work and told me he would not get divorced without doing everything he knew to do. And he did. She wanted to divorce right away. He insisted on seeing a counselor. She moved back home to her parents. He found a new job and moved closer to her. He worked really hard to save his marriage in a situation where most men would have ran in the other direction (she thought she was still in love with her high school sweetheart.) He did save the marriage. I never said a bad word about daughter in law. I never told him what he should do. I just listened. It is very hard not to "defend" your child when he has been hurt badly, but I knew if he succeeded in saving the marriage then she would still be my daughter in law---if he didn't she would still be the mother of my grandson. Listen to your son. Love him. Support the choices he makes. But try to keep your advice to yourself. [/QUOTE]
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