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<blockquote data-quote="Elsieshaye" data-source="post: 540569" data-attributes="member: 12928"><p>Thank you all. Relatively speaking, it was a positive interaction. He even mentioned that things had gotten very strained between us, which is not a full-on "I screwed up", but is a step up from denying anything was wrong or blaming me for it. </p><p></p><p> DDD, I agree that there's something possibly going on with him beyond the MJ, but I also don't see him often enough to be able to put a finger on what it is. Whatever's going on, he's the one who's going to have to ask for help and start talking to me about it. He's still on my health insurance, and will be for as long as I can keep him there, so there's an avenue for being able to get him help if he asks for it. But, yeah, Saturday was all about keeping the door open a bit. (Thanks, TL, for reminding me that's an ok thing to do.)</p><p></p><p>Signorina, I absolutely get what you mean by your son turning into a stranger. Honestly, I think that's kind of what has to happen in the course of them becoming their own people and taking charge of their own lives. It's painful and awkward though.</p><p></p><p>Buddy, I'm taking a class this summer. Eventually, I want to go back to grad school, and I need to get back in the swing of having homework and long days, lol. It's been fun. My boyfriend's son just left the military and moved back home until he can figure out what he wants to do next. (The son is a high achiever in his 30s, and this is the first time he hasn't had a path mapped out in advance, so it's a bit of an adjustment for him.) My boyfriend is not used to having anyone in the house, so he's all of a sudden coming up with lots of outings he wants to take me on, lol. I've definitely got a lot more going on in my life than focusing on my son, which is really helping it not be as overwhelming as it was 8 months ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsieshaye, post: 540569, member: 12928"] Thank you all. Relatively speaking, it was a positive interaction. He even mentioned that things had gotten very strained between us, which is not a full-on "I screwed up", but is a step up from denying anything was wrong or blaming me for it. DDD, I agree that there's something possibly going on with him beyond the MJ, but I also don't see him often enough to be able to put a finger on what it is. Whatever's going on, he's the one who's going to have to ask for help and start talking to me about it. He's still on my health insurance, and will be for as long as I can keep him there, so there's an avenue for being able to get him help if he asks for it. But, yeah, Saturday was all about keeping the door open a bit. (Thanks, TL, for reminding me that's an ok thing to do.) Signorina, I absolutely get what you mean by your son turning into a stranger. Honestly, I think that's kind of what has to happen in the course of them becoming their own people and taking charge of their own lives. It's painful and awkward though. Buddy, I'm taking a class this summer. Eventually, I want to go back to grad school, and I need to get back in the swing of having homework and long days, lol. It's been fun. My boyfriend's son just left the military and moved back home until he can figure out what he wants to do next. (The son is a high achiever in his 30s, and this is the first time he hasn't had a path mapped out in advance, so it's a bit of an adjustment for him.) My boyfriend is not used to having anyone in the house, so he's all of a sudden coming up with lots of outings he wants to take me on, lol. I've definitely got a lot more going on in my life than focusing on my son, which is really helping it not be as overwhelming as it was 8 months ago. [/QUOTE]
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