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<blockquote data-quote="JayPee" data-source="post: 749527" data-attributes="member: 23405"><p>Other than close family members, I don't give too many details. I feel like all it does is "air my dirty laundry" to people who will then have something to gossip about to make their lives feel better. Pieces of my story definitely have trickled down through the family and so "they" know I have difficulties with the two sons but they don't know all the details and the longevity of time this has been going on. It was funny I met with three ladies from my church a few weeks ago for dinner and I was so nervous that they were going to ask me "where my sons were at in their lives". I worried thinking this and that and how would I handle it. As it turned out, I simply said something like, "well, I'm betting that we all wish our children were in a better place in their lives..right?" They all agreed and no one but one of the ladies discussed their adult children in any great length. The one lady that did discuss her adult children had so many great things to say about them (good for her) that I don't think she even noticed that the three of us had very little to no input. All that worrying for nothing. I also did recall someone on this forum saying that their response if asked how their adult child was doing was "they're doing the best they can right now". That's not a lie and really speaks the truth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JayPee, post: 749527, member: 23405"] Other than close family members, I don't give too many details. I feel like all it does is "air my dirty laundry" to people who will then have something to gossip about to make their lives feel better. Pieces of my story definitely have trickled down through the family and so "they" know I have difficulties with the two sons but they don't know all the details and the longevity of time this has been going on. It was funny I met with three ladies from my church a few weeks ago for dinner and I was so nervous that they were going to ask me "where my sons were at in their lives". I worried thinking this and that and how would I handle it. As it turned out, I simply said something like, "well, I'm betting that we all wish our children were in a better place in their lives..right?" They all agreed and no one but one of the ladies discussed their adult children in any great length. The one lady that did discuss her adult children had so many great things to say about them (good for her) that I don't think she even noticed that the three of us had very little to no input. All that worrying for nothing. I also did recall someone on this forum saying that their response if asked how their adult child was doing was "they're doing the best they can right now". That's not a lie and really speaks the truth. [/QUOTE]
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