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<blockquote data-quote="TheWalrus" data-source="post: 677419" data-attributes="member: 19905"><p>I agree with toughlovin. Our words seem to fall on deaf ears, or worse, they do the complete opposite to spite us. They feel that as parents we just want to "control" them so anything we say is seen as such. Me personally, I have only gone through that level of trauma once (so far) and jumped through hoops, trying to say the right things, "get through," and get her back on track. </p><p></p><p>Ask me what I would do if it happened again today? I would go see her (for my own piece of mind), tell her I love her, and glad she had pulled through. That's it.</p><p></p><p>Ask me when it actually happens again (and it probably will), and I don't know. Too easy to armchair quarterback and be tough in hindsight. Harder to be tough when in the middle of it and fear, love, guilt and all those other emotions take over. I HOPE I can stay tough. I hope that for us all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheWalrus, post: 677419, member: 19905"] I agree with toughlovin. Our words seem to fall on deaf ears, or worse, they do the complete opposite to spite us. They feel that as parents we just want to "control" them so anything we say is seen as such. Me personally, I have only gone through that level of trauma once (so far) and jumped through hoops, trying to say the right things, "get through," and get her back on track. Ask me what I would do if it happened again today? I would go see her (for my own piece of mind), tell her I love her, and glad she had pulled through. That's it. Ask me when it actually happens again (and it probably will), and I don't know. Too easy to armchair quarterback and be tough in hindsight. Harder to be tough when in the middle of it and fear, love, guilt and all those other emotions take over. I HOPE I can stay tough. I hope that for us all. [/QUOTE]
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