New Family Forums posts on raising children. http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:29 -0800 60 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1628
It is my first time here so I wanted to say hello to everyone in this forum!

I wish you a great weekend with your families!


see you!


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]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:36:03 -0700 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1625 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1623 MY DAUGHTER IS 24 YEARS OLD. SHE IS INTELLIGENT, HAS GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE & HAS HER BACHELORS DEGREE. I WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MARRIED MAN WHEN I BECAME PREGNANT WITH HER. HE HAD ACTUALLY LEFT HIS WIFE & WE LIVED TOGETHER, THEY NEVER DIVORCED. AFTER 7 YEARS I CAME TO MY SENSES & MOVED ON. THEY NEVER HAD CONTACT AGAIN. I LATER MET SOMEONE ELSE WHO MADE HER HIS OWN. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HOME BODY CHILD. NOT VERY OUT GOING. SHE NEVER DATED MUCH. THEN SHE MET SOMEONE, LAST YEAR. HE WAS 19. A FEW MONTHS LATER THEY MOVED INTO TOGETHER, HERE IS THE KICKER HE DIDNT HAVE A JOB. ALL THE MONEY THAT SHE HAD, EVENTUALLY WAS GONE. SHE JUST COULDNT GET IT THROUGH HER HEAD THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. SHE WAS IN LOVE. SHE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE A BOY FRIEND. ABOUT A MONTH AGO SHE CALLED ME AT 12:00 AM TO COME MOVE HER BACK HOME, MY HUSBAND & I DIDNT HESITATE. IT TURNS OUT ,SHE HAS LIED TO ME & SHE IS SEEING HIM AGAIN. I TOTALLY REALIZE I CAN NOT CHOOSE SOME ONE FOR HER, BUT IN MY HEART I KNOW THIS PERSON IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER. WHY CANT HER KNIGHT & SHINING ARMOUR COME TAKE HER AWAY? HER SISTER TOLD ME THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT RUNNING OFF & GETTING MARRIED. I REALIZE I NEVER HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT THIS PERSON, I SHOULDNT BAD MOUTH HIM TO HER. LAST NIGHT SHE TOLD ME I AM THE REASON FOR HER FAILURES, AND SHE DOESNT WANT TO TURN INTO ME. IT CUT ME LIKE A KNIFE. SHE AND I WERE SO CLOSE SHE IS MY HEART, THE BEST MISTAKE I EVER MADE. MY HUSBAND & I HAVE ALWAYS WORKED HARD TO GIVE WHAT WE COULD TO OUR KIDS. I PRAY & I BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN FOR SOMETHING GOOD YOU GET IT. IT HURTS ME SO BAD TO KNOW THAT ALL THE MISTAKES I HAVE MADE IN MY LIFE COME BACK TO HAUNT ME LIKE THIS. I CANT CHANGE ANY THING I DID THAT I WAS WRONG, & I AM SO SORRY THAT IT HAS IMPACTED MY DAUGHTER LIKE THIS. SHE HATES ME BECAUSE I WONT EXCEPT HIM. I HAVE TRIED TO GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT MANY TIMES & EVERY TIME I DO IT BACK FIRES. I GUESS THERE REALLY ISNT ANY THING FOR ME TO DO, ITS NOT MY LIFE BUT, HERS. ONCE YOU ARE A MOM ITS HARD TO LET GO, AND LET YOUR KIDS RUIN THEIR LIVES, ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU ALL READY EXPERIENCED OUT COMES FROM YOUR OWN MISTAKES. CAN SOME ONE OUT THERE HELP MY PAIN? ...... BRENDA]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:52:31 -0700 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1623 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1619
The neighbor’s daughter has issues so it isn't really her fault but I don't know what to do. Help!
]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:42:27 -0700 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1619 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1608
Is it okay to raise my grandson (who was only 1-month old when the crash happened -- 4-1/2 mos now) by saing things such as "is mommy up in heaven?" or . . . i guess what i want to do is to keep her memory alive/fresh w/him without scarring him for life.

I'd like to hear if anyone has had a similar experience or what other people's thoughts are on this.

Thank you.]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:14:59 -0700 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1608 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1604 We are married for about ten years now. Since then, things had changed so much and it seems like the relationship is now for the sake of 'Keeping the Family'.
We have twins (girls), and a boy. The first year of marriage was like a paradise! I cannot forget those days. It was a time I could go back home from work to pick up the photo that I forgot on the table. We were at the place which only newly married couples can tell. I left for further studies abroad. Then I came back and for sure, we were still in a deep love. However, I admit that there were occasions I was tempted to go out with other women. Those were my ages! seminars, cinemas, conferences, just mention it. later, I realized that, it does not worth anything.
Being abroad influenced my ways of thinking and my life in general. I had several wishes to my wife. I wish she could walk like Michelle, Educated like Grace, etc. I had to be strong and could force her to get her diploma. But Now, I am an educated guy, very soon I will a figure at a certain location. I will be happy if my wife can be next to me. I know she can do well in academic progress, but she does not want to be told what I wish about her. Sometimes back, My president had a photo with Obama and Michelle, and the question why our first lady was not there! I had no answer but I just chipped in by a comment, " I think he is not proud of her". That was reflected to our daily issue, " my wishes about my wife." I still wish that she could be like others and I openly tell her. I understand that she has to be who she has and she did say that severally. My question: is this marriage healthy? Is it going to stay or there is something I should do.
Please advice.
PI]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:15:19 -0700 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1604 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1602
He had a steady girlfriend of about a year but then met someone else and started seeing her. Eventually he bought his own house with my help for the deposit and they moved into this house together. She got pregnant very quickly, it was planned - to my horror (she was 18 at the time and him 19). Unfortuntely they lost the baby at 11 weeks. Two months later the girl decides she doesnt want to live with my son anymore and leaves and demands all the mortgage payments back that she had so far paid.

Obviously he was absolutely devastated and said that he would never get back with her and she would never set foot in the house again. I think you can probably guess where this is leading - they got back together slowly over time, in the next 4/5 months. He is still in the process of trying to get the property put into his sole name (which she has agreed to), which I think is very sensible, as she walked out and said she didnt want that sort of commitment with him anymore.


My problem is that he is thinking of asking her to move back in, but only after the property is officially in his name only and they want to try for another baby.

As any parent reading this, hopefully will agree with me, this is a nightmare waiting to happen. I cant seem to get through to him, that it didnt work the first time because they were too immature to live together, so what makes him think its going to be any different this time. And to bring a child into the equation is madness. I cant give him any advice because he wont listen.

This is so hard for me. Firstly because I am still grieving the loss of my child leaving home and cannot get used to living on my own without him and secondly its hard because even though I like the girl, she has some nice qualities, I cant get it out of my mind, that she is just messing him about, using him and she knows she will never find anyone like my son, who has provided her with so much.

In the time that they have been apart, he has had dreams of moving abroad with me to open a business, me and him getting a mortage together and renovating a property to make a profit, starting up some sort of family business etc etc. Each week he has another idea of what he wants to do. Now he wants her and a baby.

Im at my wits end with all of this, its stressing me out to the point that I feel ill. He just doesnt seem to know what he wants to do.

Is this normal teenage behaviour or the after effects of the miscarriage?

Please help.]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:53:09 -0700 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1602 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1598 Well, I recently found out that he has been participating in this band with a group of his buddies. He has been doing this for many years. I found out the name of the so called group and looked it up on myspace. I was so disgusted when I heard what he was recording. It is a form of "Rap Music" that does nothing except smear women in an extremely disgusting, sexual way. I am no prude, but I could not believe my ears. I found this group of guys simply by typing in my future son-inlaws name and following a link from his myspace page. He is using the same picture on both websites so there is no mistaking for anyone that it is indeed him. This is a 31 yr. old man I am talking about and not some 20 year old kid. This so called music also talked about killing all the white people, although to my knowledge these guys are white. From what he said he does this for "FUN"! This is what I was told before I heard the content.
I am at a loss over what to do at this point. I don't think this is something I can just ignore as I have other things in the past. If I can find this that easy, what about potential future employers, or my future grandchildren. I am so upset, and I do not know how to approach either one of them about this.
HELP !!!!!!!! ]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:28:53 -0700 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1598 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1561
Thanks,
D]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:38:07 -0700 http://www.way2hope.org/family-forums/index.php?showtopic=1561