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Am I being too sensitive? A vent about family.
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 321443" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">{{Heather}} I nearly cried reading your post. That's such an awful feeling and that is exactly how I've many time with my family. Even now with baking my brother's cake, finding the perfect gift, etc.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #4169e1">Star, your xil's are x's for a darned good reason and as my mom would say, "Good Riddance!"</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">Saw my therapist tonight and I was able to talk about all this crud. It was difficult to give therapist a full snapshot of my sister and her antics. By the end of the session, she said she felt my sister may have BiP, which would not be a stretch for me to believe, given the other therapist said she had narcissistic personality disorder, lol.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">Anyway, I was able to put things into perspectives and realized that for me, it's my nephew who I need to say something, if anyone at all. By the time Thursday rolls around, I may not even want to broach it. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">therapist really helped to validatemy feelings about everything, as did every one here, which I'm grateful for. She also asked me how I would feel if I could get out of the trip to the city in December and my first thought was 'relieved' and she nodded and said, "On Thanksgiving, you need to pull your oldest sister aside and tell her you just can't go. Explain to her it's too much before Christmas, you have too much to get ready for and don't want to lose a day. Either she will understand or she won't, but at least you will feel relieved. If your first feeling is one of relief at the thought of not going, then you need to honor that."</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">I was thinking about how I'd have to decorate and bake all my cokoies, etc., on the weekend of the 5th and that's too soon - I'd never get it done in time. Plus, there are cookies that I can't make ahead. I feel good about this now. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 321443, member: 2211"] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]{{Heather}} I nearly cried reading your post. That's such an awful feeling and that is exactly how I've many time with my family. Even now with baking my brother's cake, finding the perfect gift, etc.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#4169e1][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#4169e1]Star, your xil's are x's for a darned good reason and as my mom would say, "Good Riddance!"[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]Saw my therapist tonight and I was able to talk about all this crud. It was difficult to give therapist a full snapshot of my sister and her antics. By the end of the session, she said she felt my sister may have BiP, which would not be a stretch for me to believe, given the other therapist said she had narcissistic personality disorder, lol.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]Anyway, I was able to put things into perspectives and realized that for me, it's my nephew who I need to say something, if anyone at all. By the time Thursday rolls around, I may not even want to broach it. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]therapist really helped to validatemy feelings about everything, as did every one here, which I'm grateful for. She also asked me how I would feel if I could get out of the trip to the city in December and my first thought was 'relieved' and she nodded and said, "On Thanksgiving, you need to pull your oldest sister aside and tell her you just can't go. Explain to her it's too much before Christmas, you have too much to get ready for and don't want to lose a day. Either she will understand or she won't, but at least you will feel relieved. If your first feeling is one of relief at the thought of not going, then you need to honor that."[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]I was thinking about how I'd have to decorate and bake all my cokoies, etc., on the weekend of the 5th and that's too soon - I'd never get it done in time. Plus, there are cookies that I can't make ahead. I feel good about this now. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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