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<blockquote data-quote="healinginside" data-source="post: 763060" data-attributes="member: 29962"><p>I love this quote! I'm struggling with this issue as my son's friend's are graduating college and establishing careers. I opened up to one friend, but regretted it as she brought it up as we were out to lunch with another friend. I felt so put on the spot but made a joke and laughed it off. I have a daughter and I usually joke to people, "I have one responsible one and one cliff diver" to make him sound like the young, adventurous, traveling soul that he was "before" all of this happened. Sometimes people ask pointed questions and it makes me wonder "Why do you care?" Bc they aren't doing it to be nice or caring. They are doing it to gossip or to make themselves feel better about their own lives and problems. Well, that is not my job <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /> I am very private now, will not open up to anyone that it not in my "inner circle", even gloss over stuff to relatives. My mom has passed away and my dad is 79. He was my biggest confidant growing up. I have told him some and he has given excellent advice but I would never lean on him through this because he has been the best dad to me and he deserves peace of mind.</p><p></p><p>I know as I have aged through the years that I care less about what others think about me. I realize that they're thinking about themselves. All of this has shown me that I still DO care and that frustrates me. I don't want to be in a contest with anyone about whose child turned out the best. I wish all of them the best. The world is a big enough place for everyone.</p><p></p><p>Thank you again for listening</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="healinginside, post: 763060, member: 29962"] I love this quote! I'm struggling with this issue as my son's friend's are graduating college and establishing careers. I opened up to one friend, but regretted it as she brought it up as we were out to lunch with another friend. I felt so put on the spot but made a joke and laughed it off. I have a daughter and I usually joke to people, "I have one responsible one and one cliff diver" to make him sound like the young, adventurous, traveling soul that he was "before" all of this happened. Sometimes people ask pointed questions and it makes me wonder "Why do you care?" Bc they aren't doing it to be nice or caring. They are doing it to gossip or to make themselves feel better about their own lives and problems. Well, that is not my job 😂 I am very private now, will not open up to anyone that it not in my "inner circle", even gloss over stuff to relatives. My mom has passed away and my dad is 79. He was my biggest confidant growing up. I have told him some and he has given excellent advice but I would never lean on him through this because he has been the best dad to me and he deserves peace of mind. I know as I have aged through the years that I care less about what others think about me. I realize that they're thinking about themselves. All of this has shown me that I still DO care and that frustrates me. I don't want to be in a contest with anyone about whose child turned out the best. I wish all of them the best. The world is a big enough place for everyone. Thank you again for listening [/QUOTE]
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