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I just keep saying "No"... and it's working
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<blockquote data-quote="karisma" data-source="post: 707126" data-attributes="member: 20391"><p>I just keep saying no.</p><p></p><p>And it's working.</p><p></p><p>It rolls off my tongue. No matter what the question is. "Can you meet me so I can straighten my hair?" my reply is "No".</p><p></p><p>However, I admit I am going to give him a hair straightener so he can stop calling with this question.</p><p></p><p>"Can you give me money for food?" Its not for food, by the way, and my answer is "No"</p><p></p><p>"Can you afford to support me?" Same answer. And he said "Thank you for saying that. I love you mom. bye"</p><p></p><p>My sponsor saw him sleeping on a bench on a popular street here for the street kids the other day. Cool. Glad he is alive and getting his rest. Glad he found a bench that doesn't have the dividers that the city is putting in on the bus stop benches that keep people from laying on them and thus keep the homeless from sleeping on them. </p><p></p><p>I just don't know what else to say. Except "No"</p><p></p><p>Believe me you guys, I want to say "yes", but that is not what he needs. I sleep in a beautiful bed in a beautiful house and when it's cold and raining here I wake in the middle of the night and wonder if my son is cold and shivering and wet.....and I hurt, like we all do, big time.</p><p></p><p>I take psyche medications to get me through it.</p><p></p><p>But I still say "No son, I can't do that"</p><p></p><p>Love to you all</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="karisma, post: 707126, member: 20391"] I just keep saying no. And it's working. It rolls off my tongue. No matter what the question is. "Can you meet me so I can straighten my hair?" my reply is "No". However, I admit I am going to give him a hair straightener so he can stop calling with this question. "Can you give me money for food?" Its not for food, by the way, and my answer is "No" "Can you afford to support me?" Same answer. And he said "Thank you for saying that. I love you mom. bye" My sponsor saw him sleeping on a bench on a popular street here for the street kids the other day. Cool. Glad he is alive and getting his rest. Glad he found a bench that doesn't have the dividers that the city is putting in on the bus stop benches that keep people from laying on them and thus keep the homeless from sleeping on them. I just don't know what else to say. Except "No" Believe me you guys, I want to say "yes", but that is not what he needs. I sleep in a beautiful bed in a beautiful house and when it's cold and raining here I wake in the middle of the night and wonder if my son is cold and shivering and wet.....and I hurt, like we all do, big time. I take psyche medications to get me through it. But I still say "No son, I can't do that" Love to you all [/QUOTE]
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