Dear Burf and everyone with a dad/mum and a family to bring up,
I've just caught up with your thread, and all i can say is I'm really sorry that you are having such a tough time getting Dad to accept any help. I remember well when I had to sort dads 'admin' and 'everything else' on top of being traumatised and having a young family, 6 month old baby and 5 year old, trying to keep my business going etc etc. I remember the late night car drives from hospital distraught(still have those 5 years later). Setting up EPA's, filing SA forms, selling houses. Silblings doing 'ugger all. All of it awful, but Dad was able to accept help. Then having to learn how to manage long term stress ( or not managing it very well on occasions) I'm still reeling from it all. Somehow we have to learn to prioritise!! Impossible. I dont manage perfectly, occasionaly things go pear shaped but we just do what we can. Thats all we can do.
Can I borrow your wall?, mine's all fallen down!!
take care
hendy
I've just caught up with your thread, and all i can say is I'm really sorry that you are having such a tough time getting Dad to accept any help. I remember well when I had to sort dads 'admin' and 'everything else' on top of being traumatised and having a young family, 6 month old baby and 5 year old, trying to keep my business going etc etc. I remember the late night car drives from hospital distraught(still have those 5 years later). Setting up EPA's, filing SA forms, selling houses. Silblings doing 'ugger all. All of it awful, but Dad was able to accept help. Then having to learn how to manage long term stress ( or not managing it very well on occasions) I'm still reeling from it all. Somehow we have to learn to prioritise!! Impossible. I dont manage perfectly, occasionaly things go pear shaped but we just do what we can. Thats all we can do.
Can I borrow your wall?, mine's all fallen down!!
take care
hendy