Fair and it was just a thought, I am sorry for the derail.
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Anyone, who looks at Trump and sees strength or leadership, should get their eyes examined.
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Screw the âdidnât say their namesâ part. âMy wife has 3 children?â Are they not yours? Did you have anything to do with them? Are you an asshole? I have a very much blended family. When asked, my reply is always âI (or we, depending) have 4 kids.â Itâs not hard. Why are you so weird?
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He is!
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divorced ones usually or those with heavily dysfunctional marriages.
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He does have a sad and dysfunctional family backstory, but that does not excuse his current positions. We can grow past our traumas, even if it is painful and hard. I recommend CBT starting about 30 years ago.
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Damn! Iâm sorry. I have been in therapy a lot over the past 30 years I swear, but I apologize all the same. 
In case youâre not meaning it that way too⌠yeah same anyway though⌠you are right in both cases really totally the problem here entirely.
Itâs hard though actually to get good care really for everyone. Well less hard for Vance than most anyone but in general itâs too damned hard. The thing is Iâm relatively certain therapy of some sort is what helped inform Vance.
And that just leaves me feeling a deep despair. and distrust. 
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Ummm, I meant for Vance, but I am firmly of the opinion that we could all use some therapy just for coping purposes. Iâve certainly done it myself and recommend it heartily for most all of my patients.
ETA: To add on to your reply, thatâs the biggest downfall, at least for kids the wait list for any and all therapists around here runs anywhere from 6 to 18 months. Virtual services exist, but are wildly inconsistent. And the profit margin is too low for most of the heavy hitters to have much interest. So, yeah, it sucks.
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slight miss at humor on my part there then⌠that then subsequently gave me an existential nightmare about the reality of therapy 30 years ago as I remember it!
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My wife and I want to raise our children in a faith-based environment, so we make a point of going to church every Sunday with the children. As I am more more actively involved in the Catholic faith and feel the need to immerse myself in the process, my wife usually takes on most of the burden of keeping the children focused on the service instead of mischief. (Bonus points for actually naming the human beings in his family who are not himself.)
How hard is that? Plays to your base, and good, decent people would also approve of this explanation.
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