I’m sorry about your son’s family. My husband and I went to counseling last year, after 24 years of marriage. It got so ugly our counselor fired us ;-), but it was enough to start us working through issues that had been festering for way too long. We’re still working, but there’s been real change and I feel hopeful for the first time in at least a decade.
You’re right: both have to want to work at it. I’ll pray for your son!
Thank you for your prayers. Please pray for my daughter-in-law, too. My son has tried so hard to please her, and nothing “material” is never enough.
She doesn’t know what she is doing, and so I forgive her, worry about her, and fear for her future.
My son can’t take any more abuse, and he is strong enough to go on. I am not so sure about her, however.
I fear the worst. And there are two young teen-aged boys involved. Mom is working hard to alienate them from Dad.
My job is to stay out of it. I wish I could talk to my daughter-in-law, but know she wouldn’t listen to anything I might say. My heart breaks for all four of them, but it seems to me (I am objective) that she is expecting more than any man can give.
Please pray for us. This hurts.