For Your Consideration

The previous post was mainly about my father.

I attempted to talk to him about some issues that have been weighing on me, and before I could get anywhere he shut me down.  "If you tell me I hurt you, I couldn't bear it - don't tell me anything I've done.  That would hurt me too much - why would you do that to me?"

"As usual you're just too sensitive, I don't know why you don't just get over it."

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"Your mother doesn't care, I don't know why you even ask her - I TELL her what to care about.  You should know that by now."

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As for the observation about boyfriends:  I think it's true; it's incredibly hard to get to; Buddhism helps.  It went out to M regarding his now-ex, R, a gay couple in San Francisco I've known since my days in Manhattan.

The point of the post was, put your strength to your own rudder.