Posted by Racer on June 19, 2004, at 11:44:51
In reply to I want to drag my parents to therapy, posted by Dinah on June 16, 2004, at 22:18:00
You know enough of my current state to know why I can't read all the responses right now. Here are my three or four cents worth:
1. Get them there if you possibly can. I do think it would make a hell of a difference for you.
2. Trust story: my best friend from college is living across the country. When she heard my now-ex-boyfriend was meeting my mother for the first time, she called and had me put her on speaker phone to take to him. She said, "Everyone says their parents are nuts. In Racer's case, it's true."
3. Same now-ex-bf a few weeks ago, visiting us after spending a day with my mother. "She's IMPOSSIBLE!!!" Me: "Yeah, well, I could be impossible, too, I'm just not that ambitious. I'm happy to settle for implausible."
Get your parents to therapy if you can. You might try, 'gee, folks, you know I'm in therapy, and we're working on something right now that I think you could really help with, since you have an outside view of what really happened.' You know, make them the experts -- everyone likes to be the expert, you know?
Best luck, Dinah, and if it happens -- I, for one, want ALL the details.
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