if I told you this was killing me...

[cest_juders]

I just talked to Colin via msn.  He's really leaving.  He's coming back Saturday as planned, but he's only staying for two weeks.  He's going back to Alberta where Daddy is going to pay for his frickin schooling.  He's taking Safety Operation or something like that?  That is the good part, he'll be in school, he'll be doing something a hell of a

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[_findlay]

i think it's really really important to not focus on the fact that his dad left him. that's such a complicated situation... my dad left us just after i was born...left us literally dirt poor and with nothing. no exaggeration there, and it's only recently getting better. i never got to see him, i never got to meet him, and he died last year. and i can't say that i wouldn't have taken the chance to, had i had it... nevermind have him actually take care of me for once.

[cest_juders]

I understand him wanting to go there, heck, he's there with his dad right now. But would you leave your entire life behind for someone who had hurt you so badly in the past? If this is hurting me this much I can't even imagine how his Dad (adopted father/biological grandfather) must feel about this.

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[anonymous]

Hi sweety,
Yup it sucks when friends move on - especially when they have become one of the few pillars of stability in your life. And in this case, when he has four fucking kids and likely to have some more in Alberta at the rate he is going.
You're mad because you feel like you are losing him to a father who doesn't deserve him. You resent the dad because he has money I gather.
But...his dad left Colin's mom not Colin. And maybe he is trying to make up for lost time in the only way he knows - and if nothing else he is at least investing in something that will allow Colin the means never to have to work in a canoe again.
He will still be your friend. Life moves on. He will need your friendship more than you know once he moves. You will survive. And yes, it will suck.