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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar I" data-source="post: 52402" data-attributes="member: 3755"><p>I am proud of difficult child and happy for you, Kathy. She seems to have dropped that feeling of entitlement, that feeling that she did not need to abide by the rules everyone else needs to follow. </p><p></p><p>And wasn't there a time when she was fueling all those behaviors through resent? Sort of blaming easy child for her athletic prowess, blaming husband for attending the games and taking pleasure and pride in easy child's accomplishments?</p><p></p><p>And I remember reading about times when difficult child would do her best to blame you for something "unfair" so husband would give her what she wanted.</p><p></p><p>If most of those behaviors have stopped, then difficult child has been taking big steps.</p><p></p><p>That seems to be what I remember reading about the situation with your difficult child. That if you let your guard down, she would go back to those old patterns pretty quickly.</p><p></p><p>The request for gas money shows that difficult child is still testing the waters, though. (If I do thus and so, my parents will support me in ways they would not have done, had the money been used for some other purpose.)</p><p></p><p>But then, with gas prices what they are, any of us might find ourselves in a place where a little extra money for gas would come in handy.</p><p></p><p>Is she still running with the evil friends?</p><p></p><p>Has her behavior been more appropriate and less manipulative toward you?</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar I, post: 52402, member: 3755"] I am proud of difficult child and happy for you, Kathy. She seems to have dropped that feeling of entitlement, that feeling that she did not need to abide by the rules everyone else needs to follow. And wasn't there a time when she was fueling all those behaviors through resent? Sort of blaming easy child for her athletic prowess, blaming husband for attending the games and taking pleasure and pride in easy child's accomplishments? And I remember reading about times when difficult child would do her best to blame you for something "unfair" so husband would give her what she wanted. If most of those behaviors have stopped, then difficult child has been taking big steps. That seems to be what I remember reading about the situation with your difficult child. That if you let your guard down, she would go back to those old patterns pretty quickly. The request for gas money shows that difficult child is still testing the waters, though. (If I do thus and so, my parents will support me in ways they would not have done, had the money been used for some other purpose.) But then, with gas prices what they are, any of us might find ourselves in a place where a little extra money for gas would come in handy. Is she still running with the evil friends? Has her behavior been more appropriate and less manipulative toward you? Barbara [/QUOTE]
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