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It's A New Week, Mikey...How's It Going?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 61461" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>MB, re: <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Quit talking to McWeedy! I mean really quit. Good morning, bye, good night, please, thank you, you're welcome. Nothing more. Be civil but give up the talks and lectures. You know he's using, why bother confronting him and giving him a chance to deny and try to con you? Save your energy.</div></div></p><p></p><p>You may not believe it, but I'm already there. Was there before the failed excursion to Orlando, made one last-ditch effort while there (got ditched in the process), and went back to the minimal conversations. I agree - what was the point? I knew before Orlando that things were getting worse, and that if his lips were moving then he was lying. After two weeks of that, and after being left alone with McWeedy and Sarge while wife and Dancer were gone, I decided to try one more time. No lectures, no threats, just get away and see if we could reconnect.</p><p></p><p>We couldn't reconnect. There's nothing there to connect with. So now I'm back to minimal communications, and the assumption with McWeedy is guilty until proven innocent, and he's lying unless proven otherwise. It stinks, and drives wife crazy, but at least I can lay the blame for that attitude squarely on McWeedy's shoulders - not mine.</p><p></p><p>Trying to talk to wife as well, but at the same time I'm not shielding her any more from the realities of McWeedy's life. I should never have done that in the first place. She's just now starting to grasp the full extent of McWeedy's troubles, and is just now starting to go through the assimilation process of how she feels, what to believe, and what to do. For that, I <strong>do</strong> take the blame.</p><p></p><p>But you're also right, the most important thing is to try and move forward from here. Hopefully, this "family session" tonight with wife and McWeedy will be a start. If not, I don't know where we'll go.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 61461, member: 3579"] MB, re: <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Quit talking to McWeedy! I mean really quit. Good morning, bye, good night, please, thank you, you're welcome. Nothing more. Be civil but give up the talks and lectures. You know he's using, why bother confronting him and giving him a chance to deny and try to con you? Save your energy.</div></div> You may not believe it, but I'm already there. Was there before the failed excursion to Orlando, made one last-ditch effort while there (got ditched in the process), and went back to the minimal conversations. I agree - what was the point? I knew before Orlando that things were getting worse, and that if his lips were moving then he was lying. After two weeks of that, and after being left alone with McWeedy and Sarge while wife and Dancer were gone, I decided to try one more time. No lectures, no threats, just get away and see if we could reconnect. We couldn't reconnect. There's nothing there to connect with. So now I'm back to minimal communications, and the assumption with McWeedy is guilty until proven innocent, and he's lying unless proven otherwise. It stinks, and drives wife crazy, but at least I can lay the blame for that attitude squarely on McWeedy's shoulders - not mine. Trying to talk to wife as well, but at the same time I'm not shielding her any more from the realities of McWeedy's life. I should never have done that in the first place. She's just now starting to grasp the full extent of McWeedy's troubles, and is just now starting to go through the assimilation process of how she feels, what to believe, and what to do. For that, I [b]do[/b] take the blame. But you're also right, the most important thing is to try and move forward from here. Hopefully, this "family session" tonight with wife and McWeedy will be a start. If not, I don't know where we'll go. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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