Well, lynn, no, I haven't. Since I know he refuses to try therapy I'm a little leery of somehow unbalancing his structure. If he needs to talk like this in order to survive every day I'd prefer he do that than a lot of other things. He doesn't generally give me the impression of a fragile person, but he does when he's powertalking. And he's done this since he was four or five years old.

We all thought he was the most brilliant kid around, because he talked a lot and talked extremely well for a six-year old. When he wasn't sucking his thumb while holding his blanket. And he may have internalized that respect and acceptance to the extent of doing anything he can to keep it coming. No, I don't think I'm going to call him on it. He's a very bright man, and so long as he's not drinking I would kind of bet that at some point he'll see or sense what he's doing and investigate. At least I hope so. Take care.