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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 649584" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>Oh Tanya</p><p>That's so true. The only thing I now pay for my son is £10 a month topping up his phone. It's more for my benefit than his, the only way to keep in touch, even though most of the time his phone has no battery power and no signal.</p><p>My son used to have a FB page, a long time ago when he lived in the world of electricity and online 'friends' and mindless postings. He despises anything like that now and deactivated his FB page years ago. I'm glad about that really. I hate FB and the rubbish that is posted on it. I try never to look at the pages of my other kids, the 'normal' ones. I see and read things about them that it would be better not to know, and they're the easy-child type of children!</p><p>This self-obsession that they have seems common with our difficult children, but it's also true of a lot of the other non-difficult children. My son frets about issues and the sufferings of people caught up in various injustices but rarely thinks to ask how members of his own family are doing. The others, mostly, only phone when they want something though and don't think to ask how we are either.</p><p>I agree with RE that "it sucks". But, through the chaos and heartbreak, as you say, we still love them and we know that they still love us, so maybe that makes it still bearable.</p><p>I'm so glad that you have your "best friend" husband. He knows what it's like to be a survivor. You are a survivor too Tanya. Focus on the fact that you still love your son and he still loves you and no amount of chaos will stop that.</p><p>I know what you mean about the beach and the waves. We live near the sea, not warm and sunny Antigua though. The sea here is normally cold and wild and it's windy and raining, but the sea and the waves are what I yearn for when I'm having a rough day or have had a sleepless night. I always find my lost peace of mind at the beach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 649584, member: 17650"] Oh Tanya That's so true. The only thing I now pay for my son is £10 a month topping up his phone. It's more for my benefit than his, the only way to keep in touch, even though most of the time his phone has no battery power and no signal. My son used to have a FB page, a long time ago when he lived in the world of electricity and online 'friends' and mindless postings. He despises anything like that now and deactivated his FB page years ago. I'm glad about that really. I hate FB and the rubbish that is posted on it. I try never to look at the pages of my other kids, the 'normal' ones. I see and read things about them that it would be better not to know, and they're the easy-child type of children! This self-obsession that they have seems common with our difficult children, but it's also true of a lot of the other non-difficult children. My son frets about issues and the sufferings of people caught up in various injustices but rarely thinks to ask how members of his own family are doing. The others, mostly, only phone when they want something though and don't think to ask how we are either. I agree with RE that "it sucks". But, through the chaos and heartbreak, as you say, we still love them and we know that they still love us, so maybe that makes it still bearable. I'm so glad that you have your "best friend" husband. He knows what it's like to be a survivor. You are a survivor too Tanya. Focus on the fact that you still love your son and he still loves you and no amount of chaos will stop that. I know what you mean about the beach and the waves. We live near the sea, not warm and sunny Antigua though. The sea here is normally cold and wild and it's windy and raining, but the sea and the waves are what I yearn for when I'm having a rough day or have had a sleepless night. I always find my lost peace of mind at the beach. [/QUOTE]
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