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I think I may have lost my son today
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 734788" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I too have been worried about husband.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how I feel about forcing the issue, that is, calling his bluff, absent any real action by him.</p><p></p><p>One. It was just words. It could be argued that taking them seriously, by responding to his accusations, empowers him.</p><p></p><p>Two. He has no power. Except in his own mind. And to the extent mom protects him from the consequences of his actions. She does this for very real reasons.</p><p></p><p>Finally. What is gained, really, by calling his bluff? He is not showing himself to be learning in response to any countermeasure by mom. I am trying but cannot think of anything that can be gained.</p><p></p><p>Responding to his false accusations, given that there are multiple existing accounts that disprove them, seems on the face of it, risky, and without an identifiable payoff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 734788, member: 18958"] I too have been worried about husband. I don't know how I feel about forcing the issue, that is, calling his bluff, absent any real action by him. One. It was just words. It could be argued that taking them seriously, by responding to his accusations, empowers him. Two. He has no power. Except in his own mind. And to the extent mom protects him from the consequences of his actions. She does this for very real reasons. Finally. What is gained, really, by calling his bluff? He is not showing himself to be learning in response to any countermeasure by mom. I am trying but cannot think of anything that can be gained. Responding to his false accusations, given that there are multiple existing accounts that disprove them, seems on the face of it, risky, and without an identifiable payoff. [/QUOTE]
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