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I feel such a failure. Can we please talk?
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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 248603" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>OK, I didn't respond immediately because I wanted to think about it all, and I have read and re-read the replies, and thought a bit more.</p><p></p><p>It is true that the fact that I have no experience with a child with substance abuse means that that is a situation that I do not understand. I do not understand it at all, and I am grateful to the powers-that-be for that lack of understanding.</p><p></p><p>I think I am quite a coward -- I don't go in for confrontations, and I quite honestly don't post much about my difficult child because I have always just tried to live through the bad times in order to get to better times. But I can't take the arguments and the tension. Maybe it's because I am a lot older now (I had him when I was 41). I am 63, and my nerves must be shot or something.</p><p></p><p>I also don't like confrontations here on the board, and I don't really know why I started all this. Something just snapped, and I felt I HAD to write. I apologise if I haven't been putting in input, Suz. You are right. But I knew I didn't have anything positive or practical to offer, since it is a situation with which I am not familiar. Yet I DID read it, because it is interesting and there is something about Stands that touches my heart, I don't know why, but there is. And it is also true, as several people have said, that through reading other posts, even those that don't concern me directly, I learn a lot.</p><p></p><p>Part of being a large group means that the variety of people is huge, and the way to get on well together is to respect one another. I felt that some of the replies to Stands's post were going too far away from that, and that it was becoming sort of a "free for all" where whoever felt like it, could just vent their spleen. It was just going too far in a bad direction. That's how I saw it.</p><p></p><p>I do, however, think that if the moderators feel that each and every member has the right to reply to Stands as they see fit and as they feel, then I too have the right to react to those replies and to express how I feel about them.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I think I shall once again fade into not being over-active here. I have been a member for at least 10 years here, if not more, and I feel very attached and couldn't imagine my life without coming every day to see what's going on and how everyone is.</p><p></p><p>And now (if only I knew how to do that teeny-weeny writing that Abbey and Star know how to do), I shall go back to my corner -- and smoke a cigarette there!!!</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 248603, member: 77"] OK, I didn't respond immediately because I wanted to think about it all, and I have read and re-read the replies, and thought a bit more. It is true that the fact that I have no experience with a child with substance abuse means that that is a situation that I do not understand. I do not understand it at all, and I am grateful to the powers-that-be for that lack of understanding. I think I am quite a coward -- I don't go in for confrontations, and I quite honestly don't post much about my difficult child because I have always just tried to live through the bad times in order to get to better times. But I can't take the arguments and the tension. Maybe it's because I am a lot older now (I had him when I was 41). I am 63, and my nerves must be shot or something. I also don't like confrontations here on the board, and I don't really know why I started all this. Something just snapped, and I felt I HAD to write. I apologise if I haven't been putting in input, Suz. You are right. But I knew I didn't have anything positive or practical to offer, since it is a situation with which I am not familiar. Yet I DID read it, because it is interesting and there is something about Stands that touches my heart, I don't know why, but there is. And it is also true, as several people have said, that through reading other posts, even those that don't concern me directly, I learn a lot. Part of being a large group means that the variety of people is huge, and the way to get on well together is to respect one another. I felt that some of the replies to Stands's post were going too far away from that, and that it was becoming sort of a "free for all" where whoever felt like it, could just vent their spleen. It was just going too far in a bad direction. That's how I saw it. I do, however, think that if the moderators feel that each and every member has the right to reply to Stands as they see fit and as they feel, then I too have the right to react to those replies and to express how I feel about them. Having said that, I think I shall once again fade into not being over-active here. I have been a member for at least 10 years here, if not more, and I feel very attached and couldn't imagine my life without coming every day to see what's going on and how everyone is. And now (if only I knew how to do that teeny-weeny writing that Abbey and Star know how to do), I shall go back to my corner -- and smoke a cigarette there!!! Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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