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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 30350" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>Nomad, re: <em>"When will this ever end? Can we hope, dream?"</em></p><p></p><p>We can hope and dream, but I fear for some folks it doesn't end. Today, I realized that my Dad has been a difficult child his entire life. Two wives, five kids, a live-in girlfriend, and both a brilliant ER doctor and the biggest horse's rear end that ever walked and talked. Was an expert at sabotage of his own life, and the lives of those around him who loved him. </p><p></p><p>Always moving to "something better", i.e. someplace new that where people hadn't caught on to who and what he really was. When he left a bad situation, it was always someone elses fault. He's now in his 70's, just survived (barely) his second stroke, and is only now realizing the fruits of his lifetime as a difficult child. It breaks my heart, but it is what it is.</p><p></p><p>And that's why, even though it hurts and drains the life from me every day, I fight like hell for and with my son. If there's a chance I can deflect him from even a tenth of the misery my Dad inflicted on himself and those around him, then I have to try.</p><p></p><p>Crazy, stupid, and deluded, but for now I can't do anything else.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I need my medications increased? :wink:</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 30350, member: 3579"] Nomad, re: [i]"When will this ever end? Can we hope, dream?"[/i] We can hope and dream, but I fear for some folks it doesn't end. Today, I realized that my Dad has been a difficult child his entire life. Two wives, five kids, a live-in girlfriend, and both a brilliant ER doctor and the biggest horse's rear end that ever walked and talked. Was an expert at sabotage of his own life, and the lives of those around him who loved him. Always moving to "something better", i.e. someplace new that where people hadn't caught on to who and what he really was. When he left a bad situation, it was always someone elses fault. He's now in his 70's, just survived (barely) his second stroke, and is only now realizing the fruits of his lifetime as a difficult child. It breaks my heart, but it is what it is. And that's why, even though it hurts and drains the life from me every day, I fight like hell for and with my son. If there's a chance I can deflect him from even a tenth of the misery my Dad inflicted on himself and those around him, then I have to try. Crazy, stupid, and deluded, but for now I can't do anything else. Maybe I need my medications increased? [img]:wink:[/img] Mikey [/QUOTE]
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