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[quote=Anonymous]I have been at this a long time and have been on a lot of support boards. I do notice a tendency to bash husbands when other people give an OP advice, but I will tell you getting on the same page as my husband and becoming a team was crucial and has helped tremendously. If I followed some people's advice I would have done my own thing and we'd probably be separated by now. Your kid will be better off if can become a team again. Do not just decide to do your own thing and tell whoever until you discuss as a team.

My husband went through denial, embarrassment, etc. too. It was work, but worth it. I did get him to point where he was fine disclosing "SN" and we decided together who could handle all the info. Sometimes even close friends are not helpful...I had close friends who just didn't have the empathy, when they had plenty of empathy for other things.

We keep pushing gently to expand what we do with our child with SN, but we also recognize we have to preserve our mental health. Our friendships have absolutely changed. There are a small number of people we might socialize with as families because we stick to those truly accepting. There are work friends, and neighborhood friends and school mom friends who we see on our own where we know it works in a setting, but not in another. There are also friends where we needed to fade because we had no bandwidth and it was too much work.[/quote]

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