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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 677797" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>See, that's the thing, at least for me. I think there's a right course of action, and if I find it and take it, all will be well. But I don't control how it goes. There is no *right* course of action before the fact, only afterward, when I look at what I MIGHT have done. So then I berate myself for not prognosticating and/or controlling the future and what other people do/say/think.</p><p></p><p>Copa, I would have done exactly what you did, especially with the (albeit somewhat small) changes you have seen in him lately. I would have met him halfway, and seen how it would go.</p><p></p><p>So it didn't go as you'd hoped. Maybe you set your sights too high. You can forgive yourself for that, right? And for expressing your disappointment/anger/hurt? We are not machines, we are human beings.</p><p></p><p>Plus, I have come to believe that our "losing" it" on occasion is just the raw truth of what they are doing to the people around them. Letting them see and feel that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Quite honestly, I get a lot more respect from my son since I "went off" on him. I don't like being that person and don't want to be her again, but I don't regret letting him see her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 677797, member: 17720"] See, that's the thing, at least for me. I think there's a right course of action, and if I find it and take it, all will be well. But I don't control how it goes. There is no *right* course of action before the fact, only afterward, when I look at what I MIGHT have done. So then I berate myself for not prognosticating and/or controlling the future and what other people do/say/think. Copa, I would have done exactly what you did, especially with the (albeit somewhat small) changes you have seen in him lately. I would have met him halfway, and seen how it would go. So it didn't go as you'd hoped. Maybe you set your sights too high. You can forgive yourself for that, right? And for expressing your disappointment/anger/hurt? We are not machines, we are human beings. Plus, I have come to believe that our "losing" it" on occasion is just the raw truth of what they are doing to the people around them. Letting them see and feel that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Quite honestly, I get a lot more respect from my son since I "went off" on him. I don't like being that person and don't want to be her again, but I don't regret letting him see her. [/QUOTE]
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