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And I thought dealing with difficult children was exhausting? ...a vent
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 419784" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Now you know why your parents have so many vacations planned. lol They need the break.</p><p></p><p>I can't tolerate snarky.........I do reply, usually just as snarky, don't care who it is.....could be the pope for all I care.</p><p></p><p>If you're smart........you'll wait on that purse shopping. Cuz odds are grandma is going to look at clothes. Experience talking here. lol Grandpa will just have to be impatient and wait. And grandma needs to be told that you get more flies with honey than vinegar. Snarky, indeed! </p><p></p><p>I'm guessing your parents have their boundaries with the grandparents firmly set. Grandparents, like any difficult child child, are testing you to see what they can get away with.......so far it's working. Not your fault, you're like the sub teacher blindly walking into a classroom of unruly kids. </p><p></p><p>mother in law could be demanding toward the end, especially once in assisted living and the nursing home. But I had to be firm and often remind her I was one person.......and I went to school all day and had to study at night. I could not make the daily (and often she wanted multiple) trips to fetch this or come and see her. Most of the time it was once a week. If it was a just had to thing.......husband would go in my place. </p><p></p><p>Hmm think you could get them to make a To Do list for when your parents get back of things they want/need that you're not going to have time for or not sure how to go about doing for them (like the walker deal, which should be fitted by an Occupational Therapist (OT)) That might occupy them and ease their frustrations a tad.</p><p></p><p>(((hugs))) It's hard.........I <strong>know</strong> it's hard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 419784, member: 84"] Now you know why your parents have so many vacations planned. lol They need the break. I can't tolerate snarky.........I do reply, usually just as snarky, don't care who it is.....could be the pope for all I care. If you're smart........you'll wait on that purse shopping. Cuz odds are grandma is going to look at clothes. Experience talking here. lol Grandpa will just have to be impatient and wait. And grandma needs to be told that you get more flies with honey than vinegar. Snarky, indeed! I'm guessing your parents have their boundaries with the grandparents firmly set. Grandparents, like any difficult child child, are testing you to see what they can get away with.......so far it's working. Not your fault, you're like the sub teacher blindly walking into a classroom of unruly kids. mother in law could be demanding toward the end, especially once in assisted living and the nursing home. But I had to be firm and often remind her I was one person.......and I went to school all day and had to study at night. I could not make the daily (and often she wanted multiple) trips to fetch this or come and see her. Most of the time it was once a week. If it was a just had to thing.......husband would go in my place. Hmm think you could get them to make a To Do list for when your parents get back of things they want/need that you're not going to have time for or not sure how to go about doing for them (like the walker deal, which should be fitted by an Occupational Therapist (OT)) That might occupy them and ease their frustrations a tad. (((hugs))) It's hard.........I [B]know[/B] it's hard. [/QUOTE]
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