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WOW, some people cope by saying Tehillim and some don’t cope at all. Try to negotiate a compromise. Tell him it is inconsiderate to make you worry all night and that although you don’t agree that he should stay out all night, if he is going to be out all night he should let you know that and where he is so you don’t have to worry. Although he knows where he is and that he is alive and well you don’t, and your thoughts go as far as him being dead in an alley somewhere and that is not fair to you. If he chooses to be up all night it is not fair that you too should be up all night worrying about him. And you can no longer stop worrying about him than he can be religious today. Just as he wants and needs you to understand that, you need him to understand that you love him and worry about him and you can’t stop just because he says you should. If one of his friends would not show up one night and not answer his phone or text and no one knew where he was wouldn’t he and the rest of the boys worry or be concerned? Well then he should understand how much more you are concerned and worry. So you should come to an understanding to at least be considerate of each other.