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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: IL
Posts: 279
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: IL
Posts: 279
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Originally Posted by LIT LOVE
This one thing worried me a bit, "I let my son off the hook because his job was so close to his dad's."
Is it fair to have those type of expectations for your independent, grown child?
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I should have been more clear in my spew. My son said "I'm not leaving you to fend for yourself until you are back to work." When I told him he should stay where he is (at his dad's), he argued "I told you I wouldn't leave and I'm a man of my word." Because of that mindset, letting him "off the hook" is the only thing that removed his own feelings of guilt. My insistence he do what he needed to do for himself was not going to be enough.
Another clarification: I have 5 children. The son I'm referring to is #3, the daughter I'm referring to is #5. My son in the military (with baby #2 on the way) is #1. My son that passed was #2. #4 (also a daughter) lives in CO.
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