What is your family like?
Husband and I have been together 33 years and he is my best friend, 4 stepchildren and spouses, 10 grandchildren ranging in age from 8 to 25, many excellent friends- I am blessed. I also have an ex-husband I am good friends with- we are better as friends than we were as spouses.
Lots of painful family drama growing up, both parents are gone, three older sisters my brother and I call our "twisted sisters" we have little contact with, very tight with my wonderful brother and lovely stepmother. I miss my mother very much, my father not so much because he was hurtful and mean. Also miss my MIL tremendously- she was a strong smart loving woman, and we were great friends.
Beloved dog and 3 cats. No turtles or chickens or goats or geese or rabbits or horses- my friend has those plus dogs, and I hang out with her frequently. She plans to take up bee keeping. More power to her.
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly." Richard Bach
"Support fosters your growth. If you are getting enough of the right support, you will experience a major transformation in yourself. You will discover a sense of empowerment and peace you have never before experienced. You will come to believe you can overcome your challenges and find some joy in this world." Katie Jay
My mom is gone, so are my grandparents, my son is my only biological family. Sadly he is exactly like my ex husband, his dad, selfish and irresponsible. It is he cross I bear for marrying the wrong guy when I was 20 and having a child with him.
I have a wonderful boyfriend of twelve years. His family is wonderful to me. Wish he could of been my sons dad but that would have landed me in jail as he was only nine years old when I got pregnant at twenty-four.
My mom is gone, so are my grandparents, my son is my only biological family. Sadly he is exactly like my ex husband, his dad, selfish and irresponsible. It is he cross I bear for marrying the wrong guy when I was 20 and having a child with him.
I have a wonderful boyfriend of twelve years. His family is wonderful to me. Wish he could of been my sons dad but that would have landed me in jail as he was only nine years old when I got pregnant at twenty-four.
Just curious: did you speak ill of your ex in front of your son as he was growing up? It might have been detrimental to him knowing that you think he is exactly like his father.
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I didn't have to speak ill of my ex husband in front of my son, his father proved what he was on a daily basis. Sadly my ex husband is a compulsive gambler and my son is started down the same path of destruction and I refuse to be a party to it. He knows how I feel, he knows why his father is alone and miserable and he also knows the only way to have a different life is to not repeat the mistakes made by his father. I do remind him that he is selfish and self centered especially after I helped him move his girlfriend here from New Jersey only to basically keep her as a hostage with no way to do anything other then be with him. He is very good at getting the girl and terrible at being a boyfriend. I lived this once. I want to break my son of the jerk gene. No I didn't tell my son I thought he would grow up and be a selfish compulsive gambler who didn't care about anything but himself, I was hoping that would never happen.
