empathetic script
Hello, all--am creating a new thread using the following post I made in someone else's thread:
My AS is in another city (as of two days ago) and life is going his way right now. I anticipate that it won't always be going his way and that he will call me when his poor decisions catch up with him.
The book Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children says to develop a plan, including a list of "what happens if . . ." scripts--samples of what you want to say and how you want to say it.
I could use some examples of such scripts--preferably, just one sentence--to express empathy FIRST, before getting to the fact that I will not give him money.
Thanks for any ideas.