I am in pain

mom1957
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:14:54 +0000

Just received a call from my S in response to my email:
“Sorry mom- I cannot be excused for not being considerate. I think I let frustration born of other events “spill over,” so it colors everything I do. I have lots of work that has been delayed for the same reason…”

In the past I have many a times let things go- but I am extremely satisfied that this time I chose to share my pain on this board and took the suggestion that I wait to take any action until I was calm, keep the email brief and along with my hurt express a concern for his self-absorption and its consequence.

What a great resource it is to have access to the advise and support of so many lovely parents on this board. Thank you so much!

Further, this experience leads me to believe that I need further introspection on how much caring is “enough” as a mom of a 19 year old and a gradual Backing-Off may be in order! BTW he is our only child…I wonder if that changes anything though.