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November 13, 2024 at 4:45 pm in reply to: I am having guilt-related familial issues with a guy I’m about to date #439360HelcatParticipant
Hi Lulu
Well the reason you haven’t told your family is because you are afraid that they will be unreasonable. You have a couple of options. Decide to tell them that you are both talking again. Or to tell them everything. One will make them a bit upset and the other will make them more upset. You could see this boy regardless. You are an adult, they can’t stop you, but they can make your life difficult.
There is another factor to consider as well. Racial prejudice. As a person in a multiracial relationship, very few chances are given to partners in relationships where a family has racial prejudice. It is sadly very common. I don’t know if your family suffers from this kind of thing? Sorry for bringing up such an idea, if you don’t think it is a possibility.
I don’t think that you are unworthy of their love and respect if you decide to choose the first option. You are always worthy of their love and respect regardless of what you choose.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
HelcatParticipantYou are currently flirting with another man. Have you been honest with him about this?
HelcatParticipant*get to arrange your affairs
HelcatParticipantSurely there are other people that would be willing to host you for a short time while you get your arrange your affairs?
HelcatParticipantHi Louise
I don’t think it is appropriate to go back to your ex-boyfriend’s place. You’re not attracted to him and you used him for the past few years to fund your lifestyle of travelling. You shouldn’t use him again. It’s not a kind thing to do to someone.
Remaining friends is perfectly fine. In that way, you could make up to him all of the mistakes you made. Please do the hard thing and not the easy thing. Take charge of your life once and for all.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
HelcatParticipantHi Jana
I guess either really.
I am just curious because I remember being aware of choosing a path to go down as a child and I wondered if you had a similar experience since you were talking about choosing a good path.
Personally, I’m interested in why things turn out well for some and not for others. I do believe that there are some choices made in going down the wrong path. Hence the question.
I could have chosen to continue the generational cycle of trauma. But instead I chose to break the cycle.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
November 13, 2024 at 8:47 am in reply to: I am having guilt-related familial issues with a guy I’m about to date #439329HelcatParticipantHi Lulu
Wow that is quite a serious incident with that old therapist. The therapist should be reported for revealing sensitive confidential patient information to family which resulted in a case of bullying. It is a very serious incident indeed and breaches patient data protection laws.
I don’t think that it is your boyfriend’s fault though. He did a good job in defending you. Even his friend spreading rumours is just a young idiot.
I think in regards to crime, the crime was committed by your old therapist, not your boyfriend. Perhaps it might actually put your family at ease if the incident with the therapist was reported since they take crime very seriously.
I can understand feeling guilty and wanting the approval of your family to speak to him. Perhaps a middle ground would be to plan when you would like to tell your family that you two are in communication again? That way you don’t feel like you are keeping a secret anymore.
What are your thoughts about this?
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
HelcatParticipantHi Louise
My condolences for the sudden unexpected loss of your Mother. Would you like to talk about that?
I’m sorry to hear about the breakdown of your relationship that has been in the works for many years.
It sounds like you are re-evaluating your life after the loss of your Mother which personally, I think is a healthy thing to do even if it is scary.
Travelling is nice, but if you don’t have the finances to support that you do have to cut back instead of relying on someone else to fund your lifestyle.
These are painful realizations but not unhealthy ones. I think that it’s good that you are finally being honest with yourself about these things.
Now you can start to plan how you would like to manage this new chapter of your life.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
November 13, 2024 at 8:07 am in reply to: I am having guilt-related familial issues with a guy I’m about to date #439321HelcatParticipantHi Lulu
I think that it is probably not a good idea to share his inappropriate joke with your family.
What was the miscommunication that made them not like him in the first place?
Assuming that they are overreacting to the miscommunication possibly due to everything that has been going on with your sister, I think that it’s good for you that you have your boyfriend there to support you. It is nice that you are both autistic and can understand each other in that special way.
It is clear how much you love and value your family and I don’t think that you are betraying them. You have put some clear boundaries in place and your boyfriend apologised.
I don’t even think that you are trying to hide him, just that with everything that has been going on it isn’t the right time to share that with them. I’m sure that you will share that you are talking again when the time is right.
You are doing your best to cope with the situation at hand and you do deserve to have someone who is there for you.
Once again, I’m sorry for your family’s loss.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
November 13, 2024 at 7:01 am in reply to: Surrender, Accessing Shakti by clearing samskaras, eliminating false selves #439316HelcatParticipantHi Seaturtle
Please don’t worry! It is lovely to hear from you when you can manage. I understand how hard things are because you are extremely busy with two jobs. Congratulations on your 2nd job by the way. How are you doing? How are you finding it? Please try to prioritize time for taking care of yourself during your non-work hours. Are you tired working so much?
I’m still really busy too with the baby and studying. I passed my course by the way! Onto the next one. My son is teething and almost walking and trying to talk. Still trying to work on the difficulties with my husband. Half of relationships fail after having a new baby. But we are trying our best to get back on track. I think it’s really nice watching my son explore the world for the first time. And it’s really nice to feel a sense of community with other mothers that I meet at baby classes.
The way I think about it is, this place is often where people come when times are hard. I’m happy for you that things are not as hard as they used to be for you.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
HelcatParticipantHi Jana
Thank you for another thought provoking topic!
I think that it is easy to make bad decisions, but it takes hard work to try and be a good person. It is a shame that some people are not cut out for that.
I’m curious, do you remember ever consciously choosing the good path?
My initial reason was not necessarily a good one, but it was very effective. I simply didn’t want to become like the person who hurt me.
It definitely makes sense! You worked really hard to create a beautiful life for yourself and overcome your suffering. You deserve this peace. 🕊️
My husband was listening to a video today that was talking about karma. It described these things in terms of percentages. Say over a lifetime, a person does a percentage of good things and a percentage of bad things and the weighting of that dictates their karma in their next life. I thought it was fascinating.
It truly is beautiful hearing you talk about your relationship. ❤️
A pleasure chatting, as always. 😊
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
HelcatParticipantThings are still going better with my husband. I’m happy to say that there has been no more arguing.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of stress in our lives at the moment. My husband is breaking down and a lot of past trauma is coming up for him. I’m doing my best to support him. He was surprised that I am still being supportive after all of the arguing.
HelcatParticipantHi Arie
Well done on being supportive when your son came out to you. I’m glad to hear that the whole family is being supportive, that will be very special for him. I can tell that you care a lot about your son and just want to be a good mother.
I’m sorry to hear that you have complicated feelings about your son being bisexual. I can understand your concern about grandchildren.
The truth is that even if he were straight, there is no guarantee these days that people have children. More and more often people are not doing that for many reasons. Infertility is becoming a common issue as couples are leaving having children to later. Finances are another concern, having children is extremely expensive these days and times are hard. Some people also recognize that taking care of children is hard and that they might not be cut out for it.
Your son currently has a fiance? Presumably this is a heterosexual relationship? He may still yet marry and have children. Not to mention, adoption is possible if he ever decides to go down that route.
This has been a shock for you too. Please give yourself some time to process the news. Try not to worry about it.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
HelcatParticipantHi Jana
There is an interesting piece of writing called View of Interpersonal Karma in the Journal of Global Buddhism on the subject. I’m not sure if you’ve read it?
It is a complicated subject, so I can really only give a small fragment of an opinion because I don’t want to detract from your sharing of your beautiful loving relationship. It really is very sweet that you both have such a special connection.
The way that I think about life is that it is a continuous learning experience. Different people come into our lives to teach us different things.
I don’t think that bad experiences are necessarily cut and dry as bad karma. The way I see things, bad things can set life on a unique path in which good things can later follow (sometimes years later). I have had some very difficult experiences, but without them I would never have met my husband or given birth to my son.
Another common theme in Buddhism I’m sure you’ve heard of before is overcoming attachment which can cause suffering. I believe that we borrow each other. We don’t know how things will turn out. We could lose our loved ones tomorrow, so it is important to tell them that you love them. If that makes sense at all?
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
HelcatParticipantHi Jana
Thank you for your kindness as well! 😊 Definitely, I look forward to chatting and learning more about each other.
Breathing mediation is excellent too! I hope that your mind settles and you enjoy the loving kindness meditation as much as I do.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
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