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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 696199" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>He called today and said he is staying with "some cool people" he met.</p><p></p><p>I told him we were glad he called, and that I felt bad for not telling him I loved him after the last messages he sent but I was very angry. He said he was angry too and was sorry for saying those things, that he didn't mean them.</p><p></p><p>I told him that the reason we won't send him money isn't because of our "yuppy" lifestyle or that we enjoy seeing him suffer, it's because we can't live with being the ones to help him self-destruct. That we won't help him do that.</p><p></p><p>He said, "It's funny, but when I'm out here...I can't talk freely because there are a couple of other guys here...but when I'm out here I'm not...I can't do that, not as much. I don't know where my next meal's coming from, I don't know where I'm going to sleep, but God's good to me when my life is like this, Mom. I need to live like this. I don't know why, but I do."</p><p></p><p>I told him that we just wanted him to be safe and happy, and to let us know how he is doing from time to time, and he said he would.</p><p></p><p>Then we chatted a little bit about places he was going to see. He went on a tirade about a friend he feels didn't treat him right, and I didn't respond to that. Then we chatted some more about this and that. Then he said he wanted to get a job, but he couldn't without his ID and social security card. I again told him I would send him his birth certificate so he could get them.</p><p></p><p>(The last messages we exchanged were about replacing his ID, but he pivoted to trying to get a bus ticket and I wouldn't do that, so he got mean and I stopped responding.)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I told him today I would send his birth certificate and he said he would call me with the address he's at. It might be BS because he hasn't called, but who knows?</p><p></p><p>Then he said, "Don't worry about me, Mom. I'm fine. I'm where I want to be. This is where I'm happy." I was pretty choked up and said, "Thank you for telling me that." He said, "I love you guys," I said, "We love you too," and that was it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 696199, member: 17720"] He called today and said he is staying with "some cool people" he met. I told him we were glad he called, and that I felt bad for not telling him I loved him after the last messages he sent but I was very angry. He said he was angry too and was sorry for saying those things, that he didn't mean them. I told him that the reason we won't send him money isn't because of our "yuppy" lifestyle or that we enjoy seeing him suffer, it's because we can't live with being the ones to help him self-destruct. That we won't help him do that. He said, "It's funny, but when I'm out here...I can't talk freely because there are a couple of other guys here...but when I'm out here I'm not...I can't do that, not as much. I don't know where my next meal's coming from, I don't know where I'm going to sleep, but God's good to me when my life is like this, Mom. I need to live like this. I don't know why, but I do." I told him that we just wanted him to be safe and happy, and to let us know how he is doing from time to time, and he said he would. Then we chatted a little bit about places he was going to see. He went on a tirade about a friend he feels didn't treat him right, and I didn't respond to that. Then we chatted some more about this and that. Then he said he wanted to get a job, but he couldn't without his ID and social security card. I again told him I would send him his birth certificate so he could get them. (The last messages we exchanged were about replacing his ID, but he pivoted to trying to get a bus ticket and I wouldn't do that, so he got mean and I stopped responding.) Anyway, I told him today I would send his birth certificate and he said he would call me with the address he's at. It might be BS because he hasn't called, but who knows? Then he said, "Don't worry about me, Mom. I'm fine. I'm where I want to be. This is where I'm happy." I was pretty choked up and said, "Thank you for telling me that." He said, "I love you guys," I said, "We love you too," and that was it. [/QUOTE]
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