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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 355462" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>The closer M got to being an adult the worse he got. I think that a lot of it (above and beyond his difficult child'dom) was a kind of panic that he knew he wasn't ready to be on his own, and I was a strong woman. husband was totally hands off as a dad. I mean <em>totally.</em> Any advice that he needed came from me. A <em>girl.</em> What could I possibly know about being a man? As a grown up, I know that it's about being a person, not being a man or a woman, but it seems that the boys who depend most upon women are the ones who can't figure out how to break away from us other than in a volatile way. I don't know if that makes any sense the way I said it. But, the therapist we were seeing explained it to us a little more concisely, and it made sense. Not that there was anything I could do about my being a woman, or about husband being a blob. It did help me to have some insight as to why, though. I'm glad that you're back at your mom's. Take it easy while you can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 355462, member: 99"] The closer M got to being an adult the worse he got. I think that a lot of it (above and beyond his difficult child'dom) was a kind of panic that he knew he wasn't ready to be on his own, and I was a strong woman. husband was totally hands off as a dad. I mean [I]totally.[/I] Any advice that he needed came from me. A [I]girl.[/I] What could I possibly know about being a man? As a grown up, I know that it's about being a person, not being a man or a woman, but it seems that the boys who depend most upon women are the ones who can't figure out how to break away from us other than in a volatile way. I don't know if that makes any sense the way I said it. But, the therapist we were seeing explained it to us a little more concisely, and it made sense. Not that there was anything I could do about my being a woman, or about husband being a blob. It did help me to have some insight as to why, though. I'm glad that you're back at your mom's. Take it easy while you can. [/QUOTE]
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