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I have elected to tell my son to get treatment and be sober before we talk again.
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 594178" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>What a terrible time that must have been for you.... and your ex certainly sounds like a piece of work and who knows what she has been telling the kids all these years. My sense is you should not talk to them about the divorce per se but more about why they feel you abandoned them... what is that really about. I really doubt it is about you moving across the country now. I think my suggestion would be to get together with your daughter and say I hear you (or your brother) say I am abandoing you (or him). What is that really about? Are there questions you have about the divorce that have not been answered? And then just be prepared to listen to what they say and what they are feeling. If they really do not want to talk about it then fine, dont push it but just say that is fine but if you ever do I am willing.</p><p></p><p>It is a tough topic for sure...but just being willing to listen can go a long way.</p><p></p><p>*TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 594178, member: 15801"] What a terrible time that must have been for you.... and your ex certainly sounds like a piece of work and who knows what she has been telling the kids all these years. My sense is you should not talk to them about the divorce per se but more about why they feel you abandoned them... what is that really about. I really doubt it is about you moving across the country now. I think my suggestion would be to get together with your daughter and say I hear you (or your brother) say I am abandoing you (or him). What is that really about? Are there questions you have about the divorce that have not been answered? And then just be prepared to listen to what they say and what they are feeling. If they really do not want to talk about it then fine, dont push it but just say that is fine but if you ever do I am willing. It is a tough topic for sure...but just being willing to listen can go a long way. *TL [/QUOTE]
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