Is there a doctor in the house?

[slabghost]

I'm talking psychologist, psychiatrist, psychoanimalist etc. I'd like to learn how to talk sense to an idiot. Special idiots in fact. Two fine examples of parental alienation syndrome. I think it was Samuel Clemens who said it isn't so much what people know. It's that so much of what they know isn't right. Or something close. Post or PM me if you don't mind talking with me about it.
I grow weary. :head bang: :head bang:

 

[Tory]

it takes a fool to talk sense to an idiot.Or a politician :doh:

 

[slabghost]

it takes a fool to talk sense to an idiot.Or a politician :doh:

I'm neither so I'm at a loss. I wouldn't bother if they weren't my sons.

 

[danf]

Tell them to come to you when they are ready to listen, they need to listen to the man that gave them life..

 

[sledge]

Been there and done that ..... I wasn't any good at it .... so, I'll be interested in how this goes. :builder:

 

[slabghost]

So far it looks like I suck at trying to mend fences. :head bang: :head bang:

 

[scdmarx]

There's a hard way and an easy way. It's up to them. Cut them off. They come to you on your terms.

 

[Flinx]

So far it looks like I suck at trying to mend fences. :head bang: :head bang:

I can relate to that, from both sides of the fence.

Not meaning to stick my large nose in BUT sons do get smarter as they grow older and realize "Dam, the old man did know what he was talking about, who would of guessed?".

Took me a few years after I moved out to come to grips with that thought. Same was true with the 2 boys and 1 girl I helped raise, mind you the girl still gets her wind up at times but she's still young yet.

 

[slabghost]

As of July these "boys" will both be in their thirties. I think it's time to throw in the towel and let go. I got stuff to fix and bikes to ride.
Thank you all for your thoughts and help. :thanks:

 

[AApple]

Ya know....I was in my mid-30s before I realized how smart my Dad was...and he just keeps getting smarter every day. Go figure.

We also have a "boy" in his early 30s that still wants to do everything his way....so we let him. We'll always be there for him, tho....whether he likes it or NOT! :head bang:

 

[danf]

Ya know....I was in my mid-30s before I realized how smart my Dad was...and he just keeps getting smarter every day. Go figure.

We also have a "boy" in his early 30s that still wants to do everything his way....so we let him. We'll always be there for him, tho....whether he likes it or NOT! :head bang:

Wow, when I was thirty I was working on highrises in Chicago Il. married and 1200 miles from home, my Dad never really had a say in what I did once I left home..33 years ago or so.. Sounds like you should take a break from them for a while..Go to the coast, go fishing, just take the weekend for you and your wife and go..Escape..

 

[78AzWing]

If they were teenie-boppers I would say to release them into the wild while they are still (or think they are) smarter than you are and let them find out for themselves.

At their age, though, I'm thinking maybe round trip tickets to somewhere far away, and only pay for half the trip. :fiddle:

I am over Sixty and still not as smart as my Dad was.

 

[zcarron]

Ihave a son that I have not seen or talked to in 10 yrs.I guess he will show up one day so I can give him a hug and tell him how much I miss him. :yes:

 

[sledge]

I have only one kid......a Son , 36 years old......it's been 8 years since we talked or anything , all over Money and a Show Car.

 

[danf]

Well, I'm not trying to tell another what they should do with their offspring but if it was me, I'd fix it..I do what ever it takes to fix it..Life is way too short to be upset at anyone, we all have but 20 or 30 years left and if they go as fast as the first 30 or 50 years then do I need to say anymore..Fix it..Enjoy their life before it's too late..