I'm not sure that the teenage analogy actually fits a MLCer. Your children will always be your children. No way to change that. Your spouse however does not have that qualification. Your children do not have the ability to betray you as deeply as your spouse. Your children will actually grow up to understand that the things you did were for them.
While I would love to believe this I have actually watched my step siblings betray their father in ways that are unimaginable.
Yes, one of them has finally learned and realized what SF tried to do for her, however it took over 20 years.
Does he still love her, absolutly, he still loves all of them, but...
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Why do people quit two years into this? Maybe that's how long it takes for the love bond to be truly destroyed.
True and real love never dies.
Do you stop loving someone because they have passed away and have gone to Heaven (or where ever you believe they go)?
It just changes how it looks.
I think if your love for someone has died or been destroyed or turned into hate, there may be some more mirror work to be done...
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox
