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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 689022" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>No, I did not mean anything you said, Copa. I was referring to my posts about "earning" rent for volunteer work of his choosing, gifts for jobs around the house, etc. In light of the note he left you, these suggestions strike me as very much encouraging the "Peter Pan" syndrome that he needs to overcome.</p><p></p><p>I think maybe it is me; maybe we each bring "stuff" to what each other is going through, but when I read about the note your son left you, I felt so angry.</p><p></p><p>I remember once my son wanted to check out of a rehab program early. I could not stop him from doing so, but I told him if he did, he could not come home to live because I knew nothing would change. His response was to ask me about what led up to my brother's suicide, and how guilty I must feel, and how my son knew just how my brother must have felt. </p><p></p><p>Why this kind of cruelty, Copa? Where do they get off being so MEAN, just because we are expecting them to put forth even minimal effort to just earn a tiny slice of their keep?</p><p></p><p>I don't want to break the little CENSORED icon, so I will stop now. But that is what I was apologizing for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 689022, member: 17720"] No, I did not mean anything you said, Copa. I was referring to my posts about "earning" rent for volunteer work of his choosing, gifts for jobs around the house, etc. In light of the note he left you, these suggestions strike me as very much encouraging the "Peter Pan" syndrome that he needs to overcome. I think maybe it is me; maybe we each bring "stuff" to what each other is going through, but when I read about the note your son left you, I felt so angry. I remember once my son wanted to check out of a rehab program early. I could not stop him from doing so, but I told him if he did, he could not come home to live because I knew nothing would change. His response was to ask me about what led up to my brother's suicide, and how guilty I must feel, and how my son knew just how my brother must have felt. Why this kind of cruelty, Copa? Where do they get off being so MEAN, just because we are expecting them to put forth even minimal effort to just earn a tiny slice of their keep? I don't want to break the little CENSORED icon, so I will stop now. But that is what I was apologizing for. [/QUOTE]
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