Comments on: ManWeek Post #2- Dealing with the Unexpected http://thenowbutton.com/2009/07/12/manweek-post-2-dealing-with-the-unexpected/ In a World where we all Want it Now Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:10:44 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: 2009- What Would You Make of It? http://thenowbutton.com/2009/07/12/manweek-post-2-dealing-with-the-unexpected/comment-page-1/#comment-109 2009- What Would You Make of It? Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:20:15 +0000 http://thenowbutton.com/?p=141#comment-109 [...] faced by young male- specifically depression and suicide. I started with this post, and then a second post for the Man Week campaign, and ended up culminating in The Perfect Gift for a Man [...] [...] faced by young male- specifically depression and suicide. I started with this post, and then a second post for the Man Week campaign, and ended up culminating in The Perfect Gift for a Man [...]

]]> By: The Perfect Gift for a Man Book http://thenowbutton.com/2009/07/12/manweek-post-2-dealing-with-the-unexpected/comment-page-1/#comment-73 The Perfect Gift for a Man Book Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:03:31 +0000 http://thenowbutton.com/?p=141#comment-73 [...] on from some of my previous posts for #Manweek Becoming a Dad and more of a Man and Dealing with the Unexpected. Gavin Heaton and Mark Pollard worked together with myself and around 30 other bloggers to launch [...] [...] on from some of my previous posts for #Manweek Becoming a Dad and more of a Man and Dealing with the Unexpected. Gavin Heaton and Mark Pollard worked together with myself and around 30 other bloggers to launch [...]

]]> By: Scott Drummond http://thenowbutton.com/2009/07/12/manweek-post-2-dealing-with-the-unexpected/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Scott Drummond Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:22:08 +0000 http://thenowbutton.com/?p=141#comment-44 Thanks very much for this post Trent. It's especially comforting to hear someone else talk openly about how frightening Multiple Sclerosis is. I was eight years old when my Mum was diagnosed and it's only now in hindsight that I realise how much I tried to bury the feelings of fear and anger I felt at the time. To this day I am still processing a sense of anger at the disease itself for robbing me of a healthy, independent Mum. I guess whether you're a man or a boy these things are still terrifying. I'll never forget Mum driving my sister and I to school one morning and complaining of slightly blurred vision. I don't think it would have been possible for either myself or my sister to appreciate what the next 20 years would bring, even if someone could have explained it all to us back then. I am really glad to hear that you and Simone have each other. The point you make at the end is really a wonderful sentiment. Actually, when all is said and done, our nearest and dearest are also our best friends, and it doesn't really matter the other roles you fill. First and foremost it's about being a friend and sharing your life with the other person. Whatever the future brings for you both it sounds like you'll remain strong and flourish. Thank you for sharing such a personal sentiment. I hope it felt as good for you to share as it did to read for me to read. Thanks very much for this post Trent. It’s especially comforting to hear someone else talk openly about how frightening Multiple Sclerosis is. I was eight years old when my Mum was diagnosed and it’s only now in hindsight that I realise how much I tried to bury the feelings of fear and anger I felt at the time. To this day I am still processing a sense of anger at the disease itself for robbing me of a healthy, independent Mum. I guess whether you’re a man or a boy these things are still terrifying.

I’ll never forget Mum driving my sister and I to school one morning and complaining of slightly blurred vision. I don’t think it would have been possible for either myself or my sister to appreciate what the next 20 years would bring, even if someone could have explained it all to us back then.

I am really glad to hear that you and Simone have each other. The point you make at the end is really a wonderful sentiment. Actually, when all is said and done, our nearest and dearest are also our best friends, and it doesn’t really matter the other roles you fill. First and foremost it’s about being a friend and sharing your life with the other person.

Whatever the future brings for you both it sounds like you’ll remain strong and flourish. Thank you for sharing such a personal sentiment. I hope it felt as good for you to share as it did to read for me to read.

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