The fuck is going on?!

[stealthsniper]

I guess I'm feeling kind of isolated since the first divorce. I never knew how to react or what was appropriate because I am still very much a child socially and mentally. I lack the discipline and motivation to do things my friends have all assessed, gathered, and utilized. It's like everybody's some kind of superhero compared to me. To not

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[lithiumpearl]

Your mother does not really sound like the traditional Vietnamese woman. My mother would find all sorts of colorfully derogative remarks with which she could address her. Completely off topic, though. In the end the disintegration of any relationship is a heartbreaking tragedy to have to witness. It takes two to make a relationship work. No third parties involved. Playing savior only works if you're Dr. Phil.

I hope you don’t believe that you or any of your siblings had anything to do with either marriage going kaput. And I hope you don’t believe that if you had been x or y things would be different - things would be better. Don’t continue to kill yourself simply because they regard you as a carnal testament to their ability to raise a successful and healthy child - as a walking, talking reflection of themselves. I just hope that after surviving all these hurricanes you can always see, and always want to see out, a peaceful shore while swirling around the heart of such turbulent winds. What a metaphorically fat, discursive response.

I think you turned out okay, Nam. Things will end up okay.