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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 74728" data-attributes="member: 99"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: goldenguru</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Awww ... I'm sorry. </p><p></p><p>Your son is 18. He's an immature kid. He's angry. He's insensitive. </p><p></p><p>As hard (impossible) as this seems ... try not to take it personally. Sitting in the clink will give him plenty of time to consider this. He'll come around.</p><p></p><p>So sorry. </div></div></p><p></p><p>While I agree with most of what you said, I'm beginning to learn that they don't always "come around." No offense intended, but sad to say, sometimes they just don't, and perhaps we don't do ourselves any favors telling ourselves that they will. They <em>might</em>, I suppose. Maybe it's better if we are pleasantly surprised if they <em>do</em>. But my experience, not only with M, but with some people in general, is that maybe it's better to move on with our lives and the people in them that don't need to "come around". </p><p></p><p>I can guarantee you, HH's son isn't putting even a smidge's worth of concern into her feelings. And maybe he never will. Maybe thinking that he'll come around someday is counterproductive. Does it matter what we think? It won't change their behavior.</p><p></p><p>HH, please put your positive energy into your husband and your easy child. Your difficult child will come around, or he won't. If he does, I hope that you will have had a lifetime of pleasant memories to share with him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 74728, member: 99"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: goldenguru</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Awww ... I'm sorry. Your son is 18. He's an immature kid. He's angry. He's insensitive. As hard (impossible) as this seems ... try not to take it personally. Sitting in the clink will give him plenty of time to consider this. He'll come around. So sorry. </div></div> While I agree with most of what you said, I'm beginning to learn that they don't always "come around." No offense intended, but sad to say, sometimes they just don't, and perhaps we don't do ourselves any favors telling ourselves that they will. They [i]might[/i], I suppose. Maybe it's better if we are pleasantly surprised if they [i]do[/i]. But my experience, not only with M, but with some people in general, is that maybe it's better to move on with our lives and the people in them that don't need to "come around". I can guarantee you, HH's son isn't putting even a smidge's worth of concern into her feelings. And maybe he never will. Maybe thinking that he'll come around someday is counterproductive. Does it matter what we think? It won't change their behavior. HH, please put your positive energy into your husband and your easy child. Your difficult child will come around, or he won't. If he does, I hope that you will have had a lifetime of pleasant memories to share with him. [/QUOTE]
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