David has always been very unsociable. He had almost no friends. All of David’s free time was spent at home. He was fond of disassembling and repairing all sorts of equipment. My husband and I were very happy that my son had such a useful hobby. David studied well, and was at home all the time, unlike his classmates, who were constantly walking around idly in the street.
But David didn’t want to communicate with anyone at all. We tried to enroll him in some club, but David flatly refused to go anywhere. Then a family with a son the same age as our son came to live with us. David and Alex started communicating. Alex also liked repairing appliances, and they started doing it together. When the guys graduated from high school, they went to a technical college. And then David and Alex opened an appliance repair shop.
We, of course, dreamed of our son getting married and having a family and children. But David didn’t meet anyone. I even started to look for a bride for my son myself. But nothing worked out for me.
And then Helena came to the workshop to repair something. David really liked her, and even got up the courage to ask for her phone number. And then they started dating and six months later they got married. We were very happy, but unfortunately Helena and David’s marriage only lasted two years. And then they got divorced. David came back to live with us. He took the divorce very hard. David stopped working. He lay on the couch all day, staring at the ceiling. Sometimes he listened to music loudly. And then he started drinking, too.
Of course, during this time he got very old and looked just awful We just didn’t know what to do with our son. Living with him in the same apartment was just unbearable. He didn’t want to listen to anyone and didn’t want to move anywhere. And he didn’t want to do anything either: he didn’t want to hear about work. It was good that he listened to Alex. He was able to talk him into working in the workshop again and start his life over again.
Two years passed. David is working and started meeting girls. We no longer interfere in our son’s life and do not and insist that he get married and make me and my husband a grandparent. We don’t try to control our son’s life.
Maybe this will help him to be happy.
