Dear Dan:

I owe you an apology, so here it is: a week ago, Sept 23, I wrote to you: “I would very much want to continue our conversation on self-parenting for as long as it takes. Please let me know what you think about this reply and we can keep talking, for as long as you would like” (I added the boldface feature just now).

But yesterday I lost my patience with you and said my polite, yet angry goodbye. I got angry because you often take a long time before you reply and because in your most recent post, you did not respond to the content of my post of the same day. I wasn’t tolerant or forgiving of the fact that you are having a difficult time and that yesterday, you were feeling particularly unwell. *Also, there is no wrongdoing in an OP (you) not replying to a Responder (me) at all, or replying late (I often tell members who apologize for replying late that there is no such thing as late replies, that replies at any time are welcome).

Because Tee submitted such an excellent, moving (to me) reply on the topic of self-parenting, right above, and because I read her input to other members on the topic, I recommend that you take her offer to talk about self-parenting/ parenting the inner child. Sometimes it’s better that an OP engages in a conversation with one responder, so that the communication does not get diluted or disturbed by the participation of a 2nd responder. Therefore, I will stay away from a conversation I hope to take place, but will be glad to (patiently) communicate with you further following such a conversation, and/ or on a new thread that you may start, if you wish.

anita