Re: One man's lessons -- world

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

04/26/25 8:48:11pm

[ Login ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]

Subject: Re: One man's lessons

Author:
geo

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 03/ 3/06 12:19:19pm
In reply to: geo 's message, "One man's lessons" on 03/ 3/06 11:59:15am

Written in the comment section:

"Be thankful you have a wife.

Once you have a retarded child that fact dominates all other aspects of your life. Every social activity has to cater to the retarded child, every minute must revolve around keeping the retarded child out of trouble and out of other peoples' way, and every "date" is simply a spectator to a low-intensity war to keep control of a kid who as an immutable matter of biological law cannot be controlled.

We stare the futility of parental investment in the face and willfully ignore it, acting out our role as mentor as if the rite of passage of adulthood for our lost progeny is somehow possible, going through the motions in the vain hope that someday, maybe, like giving CPR long enough just might raise the dead, our children might choose reading a book over chewing on its pages. It is a test of love which all parents of a retarded child must pass.

Be thankful, though, that through your wife you are loved."

I don't feel alone as the author obviously does, but have shared some of the frustrations and futility. Fortunately, I have a spouse that facilitates my self-indulgence (e.g. birkie weekend), cooks me standing rib roast upon my return, and schedules a massage for the next day! And dwz loves me too!

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Subject	Author	Date
Re: One man's lessons	pa	03/ 6/06 6:37:48pm
Re: One man's lessons -- krz, 03/ 7/06 8:50:29pm plow to the end of the row -- krz, 03/ 8/06 2:39:01pm Re: plow to the end of the row -- pa, 03/ 9/06 8:23:22am Re: plow to the end of the row -- krz, 03/ 9/06 5:24:30pm