Socio Dino....Welcome to Our World

My wonderful, bright, sparkly 14 year old boy (will be calling him "A" for anonymity sake) went to his dad today for ten days....he of my so called obsession with Patrick Stewart fame (will call him Dino...you will see why in a minute). When you have to deal with someone who is a sociopath you sometimes do odd things or get a skewed view of reality. When A was 5 or 6 he said, "mom, you were able to leave, but I have to be there half the time!" He is so right. In the past, and sometimes still today, I have this sick feeling that I have  done something wrong because of comments by the Dino. A told me today he feels this way; that is, that he is a bad person and must have done something wrong...the Dino thought he had been betrayed (by A), but I had to tell him over and over again that this was not the case. Certainly easier said than done, since the only way I could deal with it was to get out. This is a man, after all, who became convinced that I had a damaging crush on Patrick Stewart because I once said I thought he was attractive.

I love Ryan North's Dinosaur Comics. This one seems fitting. As much as my family and friends tell me to let things go, it is difficult to deal with when your child spends half is time with a sociopathic Dino.....so to speak!