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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 690640" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>SWOT, I understand why you and your family would want to close the door. </p><p></p><p><em>However, I wonder if someday goneboy will be able to or motivated to tolerate accepting what his real life has been.</em></p><p></p><p>Recently my own son (because of stupid pressure from me) enrolled in a russian history class. The first assignment was to introduce oneself by posting (it was an online course.)</p><p></p><p>My son writes something like this; I am exaggerating, but it was close (all untrue): <em>I remember fondly my last visit to the Russian Steppes, and to the North Sea, the Lake xxx, the beautiful northern lights, while I spoke Russian and enjoyed piroshki.</em></p><p></p><p>When I read this I thought I would collapse with mortification.</p><p></p><p>I tried to tell him: <em>Why do you have to invent. Your own life has been fascinating, a triumph</em> *my favorite word, lately.</p><p></p><p>He said: <em>I wanted to be interesting. </em></p><p></p><p>Today, Cedar, in my thread about fear, quotes somebody, I forget the name, but I will paraphrase: Meeting your own face in the mirror. </p><p></p><p>Actually, here it is:</p><p>To "meet yourself." That is all it takes. So little and so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 690640, member: 18958"] SWOT, I understand why you and your family would want to close the door. [I]However, I wonder if someday goneboy will be able to or motivated to tolerate accepting what his real life has been.[/I] Recently my own son (because of stupid pressure from me) enrolled in a russian history class. The first assignment was to introduce oneself by posting (it was an online course.) My son writes something like this; I am exaggerating, but it was close (all untrue): [I]I remember fondly my last visit to the Russian Steppes, and to the North Sea, the Lake xxx, the beautiful northern lights, while I spoke Russian and enjoyed piroshki.[/I] When I read this I thought I would collapse with mortification. I tried to tell him: [I]Why do you have to invent. Your own life has been fascinating, a triumph[/I] *my favorite word, lately. He said: [I]I wanted to be interesting. [/I] Today, Cedar, in my thread about fear, quotes somebody, I forget the name, but I will paraphrase: Meeting your own face in the mirror. Actually, here it is: To "meet yourself." That is all it takes. So little and so much. [/QUOTE]
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