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<blockquote data-quote="mtic" data-source="post: 659061" data-attributes="member: 18623"><p>Thank you all for your comments. It really helps to know I'm not alone in dealing with these issues/feelings, especially as I see friends' children doing so well. It's always hard when other people ask how he is doing. I usually just say he's living with friends and trying to figure out his life. Then I change the subject back to their children or bring up my daughter. Thank goodness for my daughter, who has her head on straight and is the complete opposite of her brother. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how I'll ever trust my son again. I've talked to my husband about how we will know if he has truly changed, and we haven't come up with an answer yet. It seems so far away, if it ever happens as I've read on this board so many times of men and women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s still acting like my Difficult Child. Those stories are what actually helped me detach so quickly. I can't imagine being so directly involved and dealing with the same issues over and over from my Difficult Child for the next 20 years. That is mind-boggling to me. Being able to lavish my pets with love helps, and I volunteer with a few animal rescues and even foster dachshunds in my home. Helping animals down on their luck is very rewarding and much appreciated by the dogs/cats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mtic, post: 659061, member: 18623"] Thank you all for your comments. It really helps to know I'm not alone in dealing with these issues/feelings, especially as I see friends' children doing so well. It's always hard when other people ask how he is doing. I usually just say he's living with friends and trying to figure out his life. Then I change the subject back to their children or bring up my daughter. Thank goodness for my daughter, who has her head on straight and is the complete opposite of her brother. I'm not sure how I'll ever trust my son again. I've talked to my husband about how we will know if he has truly changed, and we haven't come up with an answer yet. It seems so far away, if it ever happens as I've read on this board so many times of men and women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s still acting like my Difficult Child. Those stories are what actually helped me detach so quickly. I can't imagine being so directly involved and dealing with the same issues over and over from my Difficult Child for the next 20 years. That is mind-boggling to me. Being able to lavish my pets with love helps, and I volunteer with a few animal rescues and even foster dachshunds in my home. Helping animals down on their luck is very rewarding and much appreciated by the dogs/cats. [/QUOTE]
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