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Adult children who stop talking to you
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 467730" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>If I had run to my son he would have made me leave. He was very independent and financially secure and was adopted at age six and didn't really feel like we were his family. That didn't stop ME from loving him as though I gave birth to him, but I didnt' go to him because it would not have worked. Plus my other kids were furious at him...I have four other kids...and he hadn't treated them well either. They would have seen it as a betrayal of them. So it's not that it was easy, it's that I had no choice. </p><p></p><p>I learned that you can't make somebody love you, even your kids, even if you would die for them. I just count all my blessings and live my life with those who WANT to be in my life. I can't control this one child. Kids don't respect us anyway if we let them walk all over us. At least my son doesn't think I'm falling apart because of his choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 467730, member: 1550"] If I had run to my son he would have made me leave. He was very independent and financially secure and was adopted at age six and didn't really feel like we were his family. That didn't stop ME from loving him as though I gave birth to him, but I didnt' go to him because it would not have worked. Plus my other kids were furious at him...I have four other kids...and he hadn't treated them well either. They would have seen it as a betrayal of them. So it's not that it was easy, it's that I had no choice. I learned that you can't make somebody love you, even your kids, even if you would die for them. I just count all my blessings and live my life with those who WANT to be in my life. I can't control this one child. Kids don't respect us anyway if we let them walk all over us. At least my son doesn't think I'm falling apart because of his choice. [/QUOTE]
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