What a weekend...

[AlexEN]

C'est la vie, n'est ce pas?

Il est quel il est...

Enough of that existentialism... Thanks for the commiseration...

What I'm wondering is how to navigate the waters with a livid son, IMO, rightfully so, without making matters worse for everyone... I hope I'm wrong, but it feels like she's given up and, rather than "stir the pot", since W has such a strong personality, accept her fate...

As bad as he was before he was on meds that got him in check (he's a straight A honors student now), I've never seen such raw emotion from ANYONE...

My goodness, he's, IMO spot-on, in so many ways, yet the manner in which he expresses himself only magnifies his pain because of the vicious circle it creates with W. She does to him what her Mom did to her... Urges him to fight through it; flips it so it's about her (which is a truism)... And he isn't heard... He isn't allowed to have his own thoughts if they're contrary to her beliefs...

It's all so warped... yet somehow so predictable...

D*mn it, why can't she let them express their feelings without making them feel guilty about it or that they are wrong for feeling what they feel? I think D is afraid to express how she feels for fear that she won't be heard...