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Now I need serious talking to about my easy child
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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 642013" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>MWM, it is so hard to watch someone you love walk into a situation where she is likely to be hurt. Like you said, she knows that already, and she wants to go anyway. Who knows why? Maybe she thinks he has changed, maybe she wants to prove it to herself that she can do it and survive it, maybe she wants to see the other people who will be there.</p><p></p><p>I think this is again, part of the natural order of things. I had a boyfriend like that once. He broke up with me, after I was "mean" to him (I was 14, okay...) and then I so regretted it all. I wanted him back so desperately. For years and years, decades, I dreamed about him, what if, what would have been. </p><p></p><p>Then, one day, I called him about our class reunion. The conversation was illuminating. I realized my fantasy of who he was, was just that, a fantasy. There were no more dreams after that phone call. </p><p></p><p>I think we women are so desperately romantic and often, what we can't have is SO what we want. </p><p></p><p>Jumper will be just fine. She is doing well in school (great sign of adjustment) and she is away from home on her own, as someone her age should be. </p><p></p><p>MWM, you worry because you love her, and that is normal.</p><p></p><p>Get busy and get your mind on something else. There are many fish in the sea for Jumper. She is so young. Let this play out and it will pass. It really will.</p><p></p><p>Warm hugs to you, dear wise one. You already know what to do and how to do it---you do it every day already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 642013, member: 17542"] MWM, it is so hard to watch someone you love walk into a situation where she is likely to be hurt. Like you said, she knows that already, and she wants to go anyway. Who knows why? Maybe she thinks he has changed, maybe she wants to prove it to herself that she can do it and survive it, maybe she wants to see the other people who will be there. I think this is again, part of the natural order of things. I had a boyfriend like that once. He broke up with me, after I was "mean" to him (I was 14, okay...) and then I so regretted it all. I wanted him back so desperately. For years and years, decades, I dreamed about him, what if, what would have been. Then, one day, I called him about our class reunion. The conversation was illuminating. I realized my fantasy of who he was, was just that, a fantasy. There were no more dreams after that phone call. I think we women are so desperately romantic and often, what we can't have is SO what we want. Jumper will be just fine. She is doing well in school (great sign of adjustment) and she is away from home on her own, as someone her age should be. MWM, you worry because you love her, and that is normal. Get busy and get your mind on something else. There are many fish in the sea for Jumper. She is so young. Let this play out and it will pass. It really will. Warm hugs to you, dear wise one. You already know what to do and how to do it---you do it every day already. [/QUOTE]
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