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<blockquote data-quote="Acacia" data-source="post: 754558" data-attributes="member: 19832"><p>When my son's phone number rings, I freeze. </p><p></p><p>He became incensed when I wouldn't use the $400 rent money I promised him for a Christmas gift for driving tickets. Verbal abuse, blaming, the c and b words, told me never to come back to his town or he would slit my tires, shaming, spitting on my car, and more.</p><p></p><p>I blocked my cell number, but can't block home phone. It's been a month, and the phone rang. No message. I did not pick up and don't want to see or talk to him. My immediate thinking: he's sorry, he's desperate, he has no one, he needs help. Then: he wants money, he'll manipulate me, I'll cave.</p><p></p><p>But, bravo. I refuse to answer. I will not allow myself to be treated horribly. If he want to make amends, he can write a letter. Any real change is a long, long way off. This is hard, but I am done. Sometimes I am afraid, but I am done. Sometimes I am heartbroken, but I am done. </p><p></p><p>Change is possible for me. Change may or may not be possible for my son, but it is out of my hands, but until my son treats me with respect, I am done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Acacia, post: 754558, member: 19832"] When my son's phone number rings, I freeze. He became incensed when I wouldn't use the $400 rent money I promised him for a Christmas gift for driving tickets. Verbal abuse, blaming, the c and b words, told me never to come back to his town or he would slit my tires, shaming, spitting on my car, and more. I blocked my cell number, but can't block home phone. It's been a month, and the phone rang. No message. I did not pick up and don't want to see or talk to him. My immediate thinking: he's sorry, he's desperate, he has no one, he needs help. Then: he wants money, he'll manipulate me, I'll cave. But, bravo. I refuse to answer. I will not allow myself to be treated horribly. If he want to make amends, he can write a letter. Any real change is a long, long way off. This is hard, but I am done. Sometimes I am afraid, but I am done. Sometimes I am heartbroken, but I am done. Change is possible for me. Change may or may not be possible for my son, but it is out of my hands, but until my son treats me with respect, I am done. [/QUOTE]
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