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Letitgo1120

Member since
February 2025

34 posts

Havent posted here in a long time. We are a little over 10 months post knock. Things have been pretty quiet. We had a big break from court dates and things seemed to be getting a little normal. However we just came off a court date that was filled with all of the emotions mostly due to family issues and people showing up to court for what they like to call it "the show" aka my SO getting jailed (which didnt wind up happening....for now). Two days after court he lost his job which we were not expecting or prepared for and then moving into the weekend i received a message from one of 6yo sons friends mother stating she thought my SO was trying to connect with her son on a gaming paltform (he was not at all, my 6yo just has two different accounts) however it wound up that two of my sons best friends now wont answer his calls or talk to him. He already lost very close family and now he is losing friends. This all seems so unfair. The burden me and my children bave to suffer bc of someone else's bad choices. My heart is broken for my son bc he thinks there is something wrong with him now that hes annoying and unloveable because so many close friends have stopped speaking with him. How can i even help him to make sense of this? The families have made up their minds on allowing their children to speak to mine so I cant tell him to try to fix the friendship. He has no choice but to walk away from it - how do you explain this to a 6 year old?! I thought 10 months things would start to quiet down but these past two weeks feel harder then the beginning somehow. My heart is broken, im tried of being strong. Im just exhausted - its the first time im considering moving and starting all over.

Posted Wed October 1, 2025 3:44amReport post

Lucy from Stop it Now!

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Posted Mon October 6, 2025 4:24pmReport post

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