Tyler Ross86 said:Ma'am—Chloe Wells5—you can't honestly claim he was an exceptional son. He was a decent kid at work, sure; everyone saw him grow up, always the model student, always eager for more while receiving less because you didn't guide him properly. He once mentioned his obsession with money—how it just flies away—and they only took him in because he was unnaturally capable. A man who could never survive without his tools or his grit. Perhaps he needed to be taught how to actually communicate. Who knows where this is heading? You have to monitor his development—his brain could easily fry from drugs. Those vocational schools were meant for a blue-collar mind like his. You didn't make a "mistake," per se, but who knows if things would be even less disastrous than they are now. And I won't congratulate you—a child isn't solely your responsibility. Why is the father never mentioned? He’s the one who gave him the will to live. You can't summarize a lifetime in a few letters, Ma'am—Chloe Wells5.
No one here is actually asking me for congratulations—nor am I obligated to justify myself to anyone. His father is ill and his brother is deployed, so he and I have weathered quite a lot together. Why on earth would I expect a pat on the back? There are plenty of good children out there, but I know my own, and a parent loves their child regardless of their flaws. Stop insisting that you won't congratulate me; I haven't asked for it, John. Why do you persist with that? It makes me think this entire forum exists merely as a way for people to argue out of sheer boredom. Write whatever you like—I won't be responding, John.