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Originally Posted by kstar
See above. "I have casual acquaintances, like school/work friends, that don't agree with me, but no, I don't really want to have close friends that don't share my values. Is that really that hard to understand?"
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I'm late getting back to the party, but yeah, I find that pretty hard to understand. And pretty close-minded.
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And grief counseling can do a world of good, but this is something that I don't think I could get over and respect them as a person again.
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In my opinion, the parent who cannot respect his or her child when the child does something like a 180 on the parent's political beliefs probably doesn't deserve the child's respect.
Just an FYI -- I've known too many parents who have lost a child, and to a person, they've said it's something you never get it over. Ever. You get grief counseling, you do support groups, you learn to cope, but you never get over it. You miss that child every day for the rest of your own life. And you regret that you let stupid things that seemed so important at the time get in the way of your relationship with your child. Having children of my own, I don't doubt for a second that they're telling it like it is.
Any good parent knows early on that the kids will make choices that mom and dad don't agree with. Some of them will be minor choices (that awful haircut), some will be big. Maybe REALLY BIG. And good parents constantly tell their children, through word and deed, "there is nothing you can ever do that will make me stop loving you." They mean it and they do their best, however hard that might be, to live it.
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