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<blockquote data-quote="Tired out" data-source="post: 740169" data-attributes="member: 23103"><p>As I was reading this thread, I had an odd thought. You know how when you are mad at your parents when you are a kid and wish you would find out they aren't really your parents! There was a mix-up at the hospital, or you were adopted. </p><p>I thought..well what if I found out difficult son wasn't ours, (not like we made a choice to adopt, but it just happened that we were handed the wrong baby) . how would I feel about him? would I still be worried all the time? would I still think..what is he doing or would I think..whatever, be a jerk, and not feel I need to respond to a call or text. If he was just someone I heard about or one of my kids high school friends I would barely ever give him a thought, if ever. I think I am ready to compartmentalize him and quit worrying. He knows where to find us. so far when he has asked for help (since he moved out) we have helped, mainly because we are hoping he stays on track and never asks to move back in here. We can't take that stress. We have repaired all of the physical damage he did to our home and the emotional damage is on the mend. I am over missing him. I don't really know why I missed him anyway, It wasn't like any conversations we had in the last 3 -5 years had much if any truth to them from his mouth. </p><p>Big sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tired out, post: 740169, member: 23103"] As I was reading this thread, I had an odd thought. You know how when you are mad at your parents when you are a kid and wish you would find out they aren't really your parents! There was a mix-up at the hospital, or you were adopted. I thought..well what if I found out difficult son wasn't ours, (not like we made a choice to adopt, but it just happened that we were handed the wrong baby) . how would I feel about him? would I still be worried all the time? would I still think..what is he doing or would I think..whatever, be a jerk, and not feel I need to respond to a call or text. If he was just someone I heard about or one of my kids high school friends I would barely ever give him a thought, if ever. I think I am ready to compartmentalize him and quit worrying. He knows where to find us. so far when he has asked for help (since he moved out) we have helped, mainly because we are hoping he stays on track and never asks to move back in here. We can't take that stress. We have repaired all of the physical damage he did to our home and the emotional damage is on the mend. I am over missing him. I don't really know why I missed him anyway, It wasn't like any conversations we had in the last 3 -5 years had much if any truth to them from his mouth. Big sigh. [/QUOTE]
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