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Saying NO and setting Boundaries
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<blockquote data-quote="JayPee" data-source="post: 749071" data-attributes="member: 23405"><p>"I don't have to be consumed by guilt and forever trying to make amends because my daughter has made poor choices in living her life.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>This quote above from elizabrary is exactly where I'm striving to get to! </p><p></p><p>You women are full of so much wisdom from the battles you have gone through. I'd like to bottle it up and take it with me so that whenever I need a dose, it's right there. I feel empowered listening to your stories that are different but the same as mine. </p><p></p><p>It's funny busymember that you say Kay only calls with bad news becaue I agree, if there's an apology I'm holding my breath because I'm likely going to get hit upside the head with something any minute. </p><p></p><p>So this son, has never applied to SSI (yet) but most everything I suggest falls on deaf ears (food assistance, job fairs and agencies etc.). My other son did apply earlier this year but then dropped the ball because paperwork came in for him that he needed to reply to at the address his mail was going to and because he's homeless and didn't collect his mail in a timely manner, they closed the case. When I recently found out, I told him he needs to follow up and have it re-opened. It's so frustrating because he hasn't and this could be a source of income to help him out in his homelessness. The problem is that right now as I work on not enabling him financially, my ex-husband has taken over that role. So until the "ex" gets tired of enabling and my younger son has no money, he's not going to work on the SSI. :*(</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="JayPee, post: 749071, member: 23405"] "I don't have to be consumed by guilt and forever trying to make amends because my daughter has made poor choices in living her life.[/QUOTE] This quote above from elizabrary is exactly where I'm striving to get to! You women are full of so much wisdom from the battles you have gone through. I'd like to bottle it up and take it with me so that whenever I need a dose, it's right there. I feel empowered listening to your stories that are different but the same as mine. It's funny busymember that you say Kay only calls with bad news becaue I agree, if there's an apology I'm holding my breath because I'm likely going to get hit upside the head with something any minute. So this son, has never applied to SSI (yet) but most everything I suggest falls on deaf ears (food assistance, job fairs and agencies etc.). My other son did apply earlier this year but then dropped the ball because paperwork came in for him that he needed to reply to at the address his mail was going to and because he's homeless and didn't collect his mail in a timely manner, they closed the case. When I recently found out, I told him he needs to follow up and have it re-opened. It's so frustrating because he hasn't and this could be a source of income to help him out in his homelessness. The problem is that right now as I work on not enabling him financially, my ex-husband has taken over that role. So until the "ex" gets tired of enabling and my younger son has no money, he's not going to work on the SSI. :*( [/QUOTE]
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