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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 645415" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>Lil, the emails from your son sound a lot like my son. He acted as if there was something terribly wrong -- with him or the whole system in general -- if he had to, say, do homework or study...or really anything he didn't feel like doing at that particular moment. It was as if he simply couldn't fathom that there would be times in his life that he would have to DO THINGS, even if he didn't feel like it.</p><p></p><p>Surely that can't be right! I know it can't, because I am not happy! And clearly you are not understanding me, because if you did I would get my way and I would be happy! </p><p></p><p>I don't know why, because he wasn't brought up like that and had no role models like that in the family. Somehow he just seemed to feel he is of a special breed, one that only does fun stuff. We used to jokingly refer to him as terminally unique.</p><p></p><p>And yeah, it is sobering to look back like that, at old emails or letters, etc. I still keep a list called "Thinking of Getting Involved? Read This First!" that I've been keeping since the first time we had to kick him out. It's scary how the same patterns repeat over and over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 645415, member: 17720"] Lil, the emails from your son sound a lot like my son. He acted as if there was something terribly wrong -- with him or the whole system in general -- if he had to, say, do homework or study...or really anything he didn't feel like doing at that particular moment. It was as if he simply couldn't fathom that there would be times in his life that he would have to DO THINGS, even if he didn't feel like it. Surely that can't be right! I know it can't, because I am not happy! And clearly you are not understanding me, because if you did I would get my way and I would be happy! I don't know why, because he wasn't brought up like that and had no role models like that in the family. Somehow he just seemed to feel he is of a special breed, one that only does fun stuff. We used to jokingly refer to him as terminally unique. And yeah, it is sobering to look back like that, at old emails or letters, etc. I still keep a list called "Thinking of Getting Involved? Read This First!" that I've been keeping since the first time we had to kick him out. It's scary how the same patterns repeat over and over. [/QUOTE]
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