Another example of how one of the “wild cards” of life can hit you at any age. Sorry to hear about that. Have heard many stories of people losing it all at 50+ and never recovering–but that’s probably another thread.
With kids, just starting out, it really has to be a shocker if life doesn’t work out the way Mom and Dad promised it would–hence my belief in letting them know about the “real world” and how it could effect them–long before it becomes an issue in their lives.
As an example, we have many friends who, as flu mentioned, bragged about their kids perfection each and everytime we saw them for years and years.
Now that the kids are finished with college, and it’s time to face “real life,” they don’t even want to discuss them–because, apparently, things didn’t work out, and there’s nothing to brag about now. Sad.
