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Posted by wharfrat on November 21, 2002, at 8:58:04
I'm hanging onto the edge of the nervous breakdown cliff and my 14 yaer old son is stomping on my fingers. Does anybody experience this kind of feeling? Or am I losing what's left of my mind?
Wharf
Posted by mair on November 21, 2002, at 10:02:46
In reply to Teen stomping on my fingers, posted by wharfrat on November 21, 2002, at 8:58:04
I think the phenomenon you're describing is typical for parents of 14 year olds. I'm still trying to figure out how my 14 year old daughter and I can spend as much time together as we do, with her making no effort at conversation and totally repeling all of my feeble attempts at conversation. The only consolation is that I have a 17 year old son, who used to be as awful but is now actually quite sweet. It's hard when you're "in the moment" to see this as anything other than the real deal.
Good luck
Mair
Posted by BeardedLady on November 21, 2002, at 11:50:06
In reply to Teen stomping on my fingers, posted by wharfrat on November 21, 2002, at 8:58:04
I don't mean to make light of your situation. I am hanging at the end of the cliff, too, and it is a scary place. But imagine stomping on your own fingers!
That's the way I feel. My daughter won't be fourteen for quite a while. My misery is my own doing, and it's my own undoing. I just can't quite figure out how to undo.
It sounds like a poem in there. I'd better go write it. Or maybe Plath did already.
I sure hope you can climb up. I'd lend a hand down to you (if I weren't standing on it, that is).
Take care.
beardy
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