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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 766409" data-attributes="member: 18958">There's a recent thread or two about this. I think Beta started it. And then ksm wrote about deserving a &quot;casserole.&quot; That her church women were famous for preparing casseroles for births, deaths, crises, etc. but we mothers of drug addicted, mentally ill, homeless adult children (I check all the boxes) don't get casseroles. And deserve them. Actually, we deserve them every day.I have not one friend in real life who I can talk to&nbsp; about my son without being judged or talked down to. Not one person friend-wise understands or is really able or willing to go &quot;there&quot; with me. There is a whole lot of advice-giving, as in, telling me what they believe is true about my son,, and what I should accept, and the worst, what the reality is. Not knowing one thing really about us. I don't know what it is about our situation here (in this community) that leads people to believe we're incompetent in leading our lives, and they are competent in telling us how to live. (My personal grievance.)Well, by what I have written above, you can see I am a work in progress.I hope you stay with us here. I think what I've found has come through being together on this forum and my faith. My faith helped me to find another way to experience and understand my life.Welcome.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 766409, member: 18958"] There's a recent thread or two about this. I think Beta started it. And then ksm wrote about deserving a "casserole." That her church women were famous for preparing casseroles for births, deaths, crises, etc. but we mothers of drug addicted, mentally ill, homeless adult children (I check all the boxes) don't get casseroles. And deserve them. Actually, we deserve them every day. I have not one friend in real life who I can talk to about my son without being judged or talked down to. Not one person friend-wise understands or is really able or willing to go "there" with me. There is a whole lot of advice-giving, as in, telling me what they believe is true about my son,, and what I should accept, and the worst, what the reality is. Not knowing one thing really about us. I don't know what it is about our situation here (in this community) that leads people to believe we're incompetent in leading our lives, and they are competent in telling us how to live. (My personal grievance.) Well, by what I have written above, you can see I am a work in progress. I hope you stay with us here. I think what I've found has come through being together on this forum and my faith. My faith helped me to find another way to experience and understand my life. Welcome. [/QUOTE]

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