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In reply to the discussion: I want my life back [View all]edisdead
(3,359 posts)25. Well yes in some ways but my patience hasn't always been great
I am a very loving father and they know I will give them my all for everything but in stressing about how to prepare them to live in a Trump world and how to not lose sight of what is important and to be true to themselves I have at times not been able to deal with the toll of that.
They do understand and we talk about it a d everything but it just shouldn’t have had to be like this. There is just SOOOO much hate and ugliness that I didn’t know existed and was sooo naive to.
But you are right in that it is a moment to teach and so that they do not grow up with that naivite. The trick will be to not let them become jaded to the good ess of most people.
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It's sad how many trillions of collective hours have been wasted worrying about this idiot.
PeaceWave
Nov 2024
#7
Congrats on your 1,000 milestone posts. I'm hoping for a very good election week, too
Deuxcents
Nov 2024
#19
Another take. Maybe, Maybe it was right that your son and Daughter witnessed you like that.
Eko
Nov 2024
#22
And there needs to be consequences.. He can't just slide by and drift into oblivion.
Joinfortmill
Nov 2024
#60
Amen. I feel the same way. I'm retired, and the best years of my retirement have been stolen . . .
hawkeye21
Nov 2024
#72
When this is over what are the so-called news shows going to fill their time with.
republianmushroom
Nov 2024
#84
My life, too, was upended when TSF was installed. My physical condition has changed drastically in this time.
Texin
Nov 2024
#87