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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 683500" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>Hello Pink</p><p></p><p>My son is now 29. He has been living an 'alternative' lifestyle for several years. He is very intelligent and was always a top student and he has a good university degree.</p><p></p><p>He has lived on the streets, in a 'hippy' commune, in a tree, in a van, in squats, anywhere but in a normal house.</p><p></p><p>He has a similar superior attitude as your son and rejects most work and society as corrupt and beneath him. He lived with no money at all for a couple of years, foraging and getting food from dumpsters. He has a lot of strong views about the amount of waste in our society and the evils of consumerism.</p><p></p><p>I like him a lot.</p><p>I also love him of course.</p><p></p><p>Much of what he says is true. He's just a bit extreme in the way he responds to things. He's not happy to have views about stuff, he has to live it.</p><p></p><p>I now completely accept his life choices and have a good, if sporadic, relationship with him. I do not give him any money (and I think that is crucially important). I respect his lifestyle but also expect him to respect my lifestyle (that is also crucially important). </p><p></p><p>My son was a very unhappy troubled young man who saw wrong in everything around him. He suffered depression and anxiety for years. He is now much happier although grubby, skint and an outsider. He sees being an outsider as a positive thing. I agree with a lot of what he says; that used to be difficult because he used to become so angry that I used to feel that I was being lectured by him whenever we spoke. I've detached from that now. It floats over me. </p><p></p><p>The main thing Pink, is that he is happier, he can't live a conventional life and that's fine. I'm proud of him, whatever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 683500, member: 17650"] Hello Pink My son is now 29. He has been living an 'alternative' lifestyle for several years. He is very intelligent and was always a top student and he has a good university degree. He has lived on the streets, in a 'hippy' commune, in a tree, in a van, in squats, anywhere but in a normal house. He has a similar superior attitude as your son and rejects most work and society as corrupt and beneath him. He lived with no money at all for a couple of years, foraging and getting food from dumpsters. He has a lot of strong views about the amount of waste in our society and the evils of consumerism. I like him a lot. I also love him of course. Much of what he says is true. He's just a bit extreme in the way he responds to things. He's not happy to have views about stuff, he has to live it. I now completely accept his life choices and have a good, if sporadic, relationship with him. I do not give him any money (and I think that is crucially important). I respect his lifestyle but also expect him to respect my lifestyle (that is also crucially important). My son was a very unhappy troubled young man who saw wrong in everything around him. He suffered depression and anxiety for years. He is now much happier although grubby, skint and an outsider. He sees being an outsider as a positive thing. I agree with a lot of what he says; that used to be difficult because he used to become so angry that I used to feel that I was being lectured by him whenever we spoke. I've detached from that now. It floats over me. The main thing Pink, is that he is happier, he can't live a conventional life and that's fine. I'm proud of him, whatever. [/QUOTE]
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