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<blockquote data-quote="aeroeng" data-source="post: 238074" data-attributes="member: 6557"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">If she is arguing to argue she will do it again tomorrow or soon after. So you need to find a strategy for tomorrow's response. She can not argue if she is the only one arguing. If you can, (and it is impossible to do, but try anyway) don't take it personally and don't respond more then the minimum. Say, "I was not criticizing, you look beautiful with your eyes done. I am just worried about the infection". Then don't say anything more. She will complain unfairly you know she will, blame you, yell at you, follow you and try to hype it up. Just smile and walk away. You know if you tell her to go and clam down she will get upset. So don't, just leave what she needs with her and you leave. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">My husband calls this "removing the dominos". Not allowing an argument to build by not participating in the argument. My difficult child still explodes and life is still difficult, but when we can keep are own responses in check the explosions tend to be shorter.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeroeng, post: 238074, member: 6557"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]If she is arguing to argue she will do it again tomorrow or soon after. So you need to find a strategy for tomorrow's response. She can not argue if she is the only one arguing. If you can, (and it is impossible to do, but try anyway) don't take it personally and don't respond more then the minimum. Say, "I was not criticizing, you look beautiful with your eyes done. I am just worried about the infection". Then don't say anything more. She will complain unfairly you know she will, blame you, yell at you, follow you and try to hype it up. Just smile and walk away. You know if you tell her to go and clam down she will get upset. So don't, just leave what she needs with her and you leave. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]My husband calls this "removing the dominos". Not allowing an argument to build by not participating in the argument. My difficult child still explodes and life is still difficult, but when we can keep are own responses in check the explosions tend to be shorter.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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