[rivermom]

Originally Posted by Mandy

Suzi, and Rebecca, you are both so sweet! It's not only the forums, i felt this around me too, ide be walking thru town, see odd people, things, teens doing stuff, and say hurtful things to each other, and i wonder "what am i doing here" i still feel the same about that part, what is becoming of our society

To crown it all, i have a dear friend thats lost the "trails" a bit, has been on the wrong track for quite some time now, i have tried so hard to help, but felt my help was not what she wanted, so i backed off, i quit talking about her problem, and so did she.
Now she has met this older guy, i thought he would get her straight/sober, boy how wrong i was.
She called last week, wanting to come visit because they had to "pick up some stuff" in the neighborhood, and wanted to drop in. As much as i hate myself for doing it, i had to say no.
Sorry, but i dont want that stuff in my house! I have a teen to think about, and besides that, i just hate any of it, i want nothing nada to do with it!

Sorry... i got blabbering, and just kept typing lol

Mandy ~ You standing up for your beliefs is a HUGE deal. I am so proud of you. Your family means a lot to you and don't say "as much as I hate myself I had to say no". You and your family comes first for goodness sake. And when there are inmoral substances that might show up in your home then it's up to you (and the family) to protect it.

You did the right thing and kudos to you!!

Your friend who might not be able to see it now should thank you for telling her no. She obviously isn't strong enough to make the right choices and you are a true friend for helping her do it.