Comments on: A MERRY CHRISTMAS? NOT SO SURE… http://boomerlife.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/when-you-are-a-divorced-father-christmas-is-not-to-great/ Blogging and learning about the younger generations Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:16:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: boomerlife http://boomerlife.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/when-you-are-a-divorced-father-christmas-is-not-to-great/#comment-109 boomerlife Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:10:34 +0000 http://boomerlife.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/when-you-are-a-divorced-father-christmas-is-not-to-great/#comment-109 Hello Mark, Thank you for commenting on my blog. You are so right! What I have been noticing is that men, particularly boomers, are finally starting to talk. However slowly, however clumsily, however it comes out - we are moving to the place where we will speak our pain. Regards, boomerlife Hello Mark,

Thank you for commenting on my blog. You are so right! What I have been noticing is that men, particularly boomers, are finally starting to talk. However slowly, however clumsily, however it comes out – we are moving to the place where we will speak our pain.

Regards,

boomerlife

]]> By: Mark http://boomerlife.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/when-you-are-a-divorced-father-christmas-is-not-to-great/#comment-107 Mark Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:27:28 +0000 http://boomerlife.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/when-you-are-a-divorced-father-christmas-is-not-to-great/#comment-107 If it were possible to rank painful experiences by three criteria -- most widespread, most profound and least-recognized -- I believe that being a divorced father would be among the topmost. Divorce, of course, is extremely common, yet few people other than the divorced dads themselves have an inkling of how deeply the loss of their families affects these men. That is probably due at least in part to the stoicism the stereotypical male model calls for. In other words, we keep it to ourselves because we don't want to be seen as whiners who can't take it. Blog posts like this may help get the word out someday and inspire a change for the better, perhaps in time for our own sons to benefit. Thanks. If it were possible to rank painful experiences by three criteria — most widespread, most profound and least-recognized — I believe that being a divorced father would be among the topmost. Divorce, of course, is extremely common, yet few people other than the divorced dads themselves have an inkling of how deeply the loss of their families affects these men. That is probably due at least in part to the stoicism the stereotypical male model calls for. In other words, we keep it to ourselves because we don’t want to be seen as whiners who can’t take it. Blog posts like this may help get the word out someday and inspire a change for the better, perhaps in time for our own sons to benefit. Thanks.

]]> By: A MERRY CHRISTMAS? « Christian Boomer http://boomerlife.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/when-you-are-a-divorced-father-christmas-is-not-to-great/#comment-85 A MERRY CHRISTMAS? « Christian Boomer Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:20:52 +0000 http://boomerlife.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/when-you-are-a-divorced-father-christmas-is-not-to-great/#comment-85 [...] in Testimony at 4:20 pm by boomerlife In my other blog, The Baby Boomer Experience, I wrote A MERRY CHRISTMAS? NOT SO SURE… This is a blog about the pain of being a divorced father away from your [...] [...] in Testimony at 4:20 pm by boomerlife In my other blog, The Baby Boomer Experience, I wrote A MERRY CHRISTMAS? NOT SO SURE… This is a blog about the pain of being a divorced father away from your [...]

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