Can’t thank you enough for all the links to resources & as always, makes perfect sense to me, the converted. But I am at pains to spread the word. My own family don’t ’get it’ Even after 3 years of conversations with my mother she said just yesterday that ‘they are just born that way & if never came to light until puberty’ This, after ta…
Can’t thank you enough for all the links to resources & as always, makes perfect sense to me, the converted. But I am at pains to spread the word. My own family don’t ’get it’ Even after 3 years of conversations with my mother she said just yesterday that ‘they are just born that way & if never came to light until puberty’ This, after talking to her friend who is a mental health nurse. I just get pitiful looks from people who shake their heads in sympathy & say ‘it must be so hard to accept, but accept it you must, he is your child’. Exhausting.
That happened to me 4 years ago when I started sharing our story with people after one year of the insanity. So many said "You need to love your child for whoever he/she turns out to be." Today? I would say - "Go f-ck yourself. You have no idea what you are saying, besides the fact that you are implying that my love is conditional and my pain is not worthy of your empathy."
Ugh…me too…I vote with my feet, but then I berate myself for being weak & non confrontational. But some people are so blind, it’s exhausting trying to explain.
Can’t thank you enough for all the links to resources & as always, makes perfect sense to me, the converted. But I am at pains to spread the word. My own family don’t ’get it’ Even after 3 years of conversations with my mother she said just yesterday that ‘they are just born that way & if never came to light until puberty’ This, after talking to her friend who is a mental health nurse. I just get pitiful looks from people who shake their heads in sympathy & say ‘it must be so hard to accept, but accept it you must, he is your child’. Exhausting.
That happened to me 4 years ago when I started sharing our story with people after one year of the insanity. So many said "You need to love your child for whoever he/she turns out to be." Today? I would say - "Go f-ck yourself. You have no idea what you are saying, besides the fact that you are implying that my love is conditional and my pain is not worthy of your empathy."
Hahaha you sound like me, I guess we have nothing more to lose at this point. I just quit my job
Congrats!! I wish you continued success!!!
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Ugh…me too…I vote with my feet, but then I berate myself for being weak & non confrontational. But some people are so blind, it’s exhausting trying to explain.
..gosh it’s hard isn’t it.