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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 758026" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Ms. Lulu I am sorry you are feeling sad. It won't help to tell you that most of us are struggling with similar things, given our common plight, no matter where we might live.</p><p></p><p>I want first of all to tell you how glad I am to hear that your son stabilized himself. Nor do I think it is a bad thing that he wants distance now. That, to me, is an age-appropriate thing. Of course, it's a bit manipulative that your son had to give you a blow by blow of his mildly self-destructive act.</p><p></p><p>I know I struggle with some of the same things as do you. I often feel "friendless" where I live. It doesn't much help that I tell myself I have chosen this in that I don't want to be in relationships that I experience as false. I have gotten used to acting how I feel and being as I am. This can make me feel exposed. That's the price I pay for real.</p><p></p><p>I think that many millions of us are in the same situation now, as we are living in a world that none of us has ever experienced. We've kind of been thrust "out there" and "out there" feels foreign and different and new. And therein, for me, lies the opportunity and the gift. We've shed out skin and not yet developed the new. I guess that's the right thing because the "new" has not yet gelled. I choose to see this as a positive state.</p><p></p><p>My worries center now on the political. Because I fear that there is so much de-stabilization and polarization in response to all of this changing, that there may be extreme acts taken in order to settle scores. That's what scares me. But over that I have no control.</p><p></p><p>MissLulu, I feel very much a member of your club. Will you have me?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 758026, member: 18958"] Ms. Lulu I am sorry you are feeling sad. It won't help to tell you that most of us are struggling with similar things, given our common plight, no matter where we might live. I want first of all to tell you how glad I am to hear that your son stabilized himself. Nor do I think it is a bad thing that he wants distance now. That, to me, is an age-appropriate thing. Of course, it's a bit manipulative that your son had to give you a blow by blow of his mildly self-destructive act. I know I struggle with some of the same things as do you. I often feel "friendless" where I live. It doesn't much help that I tell myself I have chosen this in that I don't want to be in relationships that I experience as false. I have gotten used to acting how I feel and being as I am. This can make me feel exposed. That's the price I pay for real. I think that many millions of us are in the same situation now, as we are living in a world that none of us has ever experienced. We've kind of been thrust "out there" and "out there" feels foreign and different and new. And therein, for me, lies the opportunity and the gift. We've shed out skin and not yet developed the new. I guess that's the right thing because the "new" has not yet gelled. I choose to see this as a positive state. My worries center now on the political. Because I fear that there is so much de-stabilization and polarization in response to all of this changing, that there may be extreme acts taken in order to settle scores. That's what scares me. But over that I have no control. MissLulu, I feel very much a member of your club. Will you have me? [/QUOTE]
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