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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 747091" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>I think establishing the boundaries we are comfortable with is very much an individual process. If any contact leads to being manipulated into doing things we aren't comfortable doing, or that we regret doing, or that threatens our health or makes us feel bad, then no contact is certainly acceptable and healthy.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately for me, my son is in a sober living program that limits contact to letters only. Having some distance from the chaos that follows in his wake is finally giving me enough space to think about where I want to be in relationship to him in the long term, and how to make that happen.</p><p></p><p>I watched a movie on Netflix last night called "Juanita" about a woman who one day just has enough of shouldering her grown children's responsibilities and takes off on a road trip. The movie wasn't all that, in my opinion, but I found myself thinking, "Oh hell yeah!" when she told her kids she was done "doing" for them, and I think she also showed a good example of the kinds of boundaries RE and Leafy are talking about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 747091, member: 17720"] I think establishing the boundaries we are comfortable with is very much an individual process. If any contact leads to being manipulated into doing things we aren't comfortable doing, or that we regret doing, or that threatens our health or makes us feel bad, then no contact is certainly acceptable and healthy. Fortunately for me, my son is in a sober living program that limits contact to letters only. Having some distance from the chaos that follows in his wake is finally giving me enough space to think about where I want to be in relationship to him in the long term, and how to make that happen. I watched a movie on Netflix last night called "Juanita" about a woman who one day just has enough of shouldering her grown children's responsibilities and takes off on a road trip. The movie wasn't all that, in my opinion, but I found myself thinking, "Oh hell yeah!" when she told her kids she was done "doing" for them, and I think she also showed a good example of the kinds of boundaries RE and Leafy are talking about. [/QUOTE]
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