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<blockquote data-quote="Suz" data-source="post: 166559" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>Thanks, gang.</p><p> </p><p>The reason I brought up this subject is because I've been reading such frustration and despair in the posts lately....like their kids and their lives will never change......or it can't change. </p><p> </p><p>And it's not true.</p><p> </p><p>I remember those days. I couldn't imagine having a civil conversation with Rob because we went years without having one. I couldn't imagine a relationship where he hugged me instead of looming over me in a threatening fashion. Judi, I think of you when I remember those times with Rob since you are going through that terrible distance now.</p><p> </p><p>But they change and we change and surprisingly wonderful things can happen. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /></p><p> </p><p>True story:</p><p> </p><p>I wanted to quit college. I was miserable there. I wanted to be FREE and to work. My parents were horrified (sheesh). Then "The Graduate" came out. I insisted that my parents go to see it with me. Remember the scene where Benjamin is at the bottom of the pool in his scuba gear in order to escape all of the adults? And "Plastics"?</p><p> </p><p>When we left the theater at the end of the movie my Mom said very quietly, "I'd forgotten what it was like to be 19. I'm sorry."</p><p> </p><p>The next day they said they would support my decision. It changed our relationship for the better in that instant.</p><p> </p><p>So we never know what we will say that will change the relationship. Or what life experience will impact their life. What a mystery this all is. </p><p> </p><p>Hang in there.</p><p> </p><p>Suz</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Suz, post: 166559, member: 29"] Thanks, gang. The reason I brought up this subject is because I've been reading such frustration and despair in the posts lately....like their kids and their lives will never change......or it can't change. And it's not true. I remember those days. I couldn't imagine having a civil conversation with Rob because we went years without having one. I couldn't imagine a relationship where he hugged me instead of looming over me in a threatening fashion. Judi, I think of you when I remember those times with Rob since you are going through that terrible distance now. But they change and we change and surprisingly wonderful things can happen. :faint: True story: I wanted to quit college. I was miserable there. I wanted to be FREE and to work. My parents were horrified (sheesh). Then "The Graduate" came out. I insisted that my parents go to see it with me. Remember the scene where Benjamin is at the bottom of the pool in his scuba gear in order to escape all of the adults? And "Plastics"? When we left the theater at the end of the movie my Mom said very quietly, "I'd forgotten what it was like to be 19. I'm sorry." The next day they said they would support my decision. It changed our relationship for the better in that instant. So we never know what we will say that will change the relationship. Or what life experience will impact their life. What a mystery this all is. Hang in there. Suz [/QUOTE]
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