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Mine are doing quite badly, I think. I say "I think" because I have been totally estranged from them for over a year. But from what I can tell, they are not doing very well. Despite consistently trying to reestablish our relationship, they have chosen to blame every one of their problems on my wife and me, rather than take any accountability or scrutinize the actions of their narcissist mother. It's heartbreaking.
Holding steady at about 95% complete. Contractor tried to shake us down. We have serious claims against him, but he doesn't have the money to pay them, I am fairly certain. I laughed at his threats and had to talk our lawyer into not going after for him for extortion. We'll get the remaining windows (which are in the garage) put in and a bit of siding put up in the spring.
The fact he earned his Eagle actually diminished the honor slightly in my eyes. But don't tell my wife that.
Welcome Back GB.RedmondLonghorn said:
really sorry man. been dealing with similar issues the past couple of years and fortunately was able to come out on the positive side of it. I know how precarious and difficult that situation can be and really sucks to go through.RedmondLonghorn said:
When one of my nephews was 2, or so, he would often retire to a private, quiet space (e.g. behind a chair, underneath the coats on a coat rack, etc) when the urge struck to squat, grunt, and drop a load in his drawers. If you happened upon him mid-dook and questioned "Hey, what do you think you're doing in/down/on there?!?!" he would reply "(grunting)I'm makin' a plan!" He's, like, 25 or 26 now and he has never been able to live it down(to the point that it's basically part of our family's shared vernacular) nor has it ever stopped being humorous.
That's a genuinely funny story and completely odd as well, so very on-brand for you.
Everybody told me "they'll come around when they get a little older". So far, the opposite has happened. The historical revisionism that has gone on between the three of them is crazy.
Yeah, supposedly in high school they typically see through the bull####, but I'm sure that the emotional/psychological pull is tremendous and not surprising that not all kids come around.
Are you going to be expected to pay for their college?
I say, I say you are confusing him Elmer Fudd.grateful zed said:
My oldest, who is a stellar student and a pretty good baseball player, is currently attending a local community college for reasons I still can't fathom. He wanted to play baseball in college, but wasn't D-I material. I offered to take him on a trip to see top D-III schools that play baseball in California and to help him get noticed by their coaches. He refused all of that and accused me of meddling and being "subversive" about his goals after I sent his club baseball coach a simple email asking if the coach had any relationships with coaches of those schools.
*bows from waist**
Do you have a relationship with them where you aren't talking about where they should go to college or about your wife, your ex and so on? It sounds like you've had a lot of serious conversations with them but do you get any fun time?
Sorry to hear. I would suggest to continue to try to reestablish the relationship. The cliche "be the bigger person" doesn't perfectly apply here but keep reaching out. You never know...they might see the error in their ways at some point.
We have a relationship where we aren't talking. Or, perhaps, we don't have a relationship at all.
