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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 584309" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>Dash,</p><p>Coincidentally, I have an older brother who is bipolar. Several yrs. ago, when my kids were young, he lived upstairs from us, but came down to our part of the house every day to see the kids and hang out. If I bought something special, particularly for the kids, like ice cream bon bons, or marshmallow peeps, or a food item they particularly enjoyed, he would just open my cabinets/fridge, and commence eating them, knowing full well it was for the kids. I wouldn't get angry, I was just perplexed, like, "I have tons of food in the house, why are you eating something that's a special treat that has "KID" all over it?"</p><p></p><p>Plus, he would FINISH in one sitting the box of cookies, etc., like he was perseverating about it. Same thing with soda, which I rarely kept in the house. So I know where you're coming from. I don't know if it's part of the bipolar, I really don't, but my brother was always sweet to us all, and truth be told, I felt kind of sorry for him, I know he just couldn't help himself. He never borrowed anything else from us, so I let it go, but in your case, difficult child routinely helps herself to several different things of yours, so that's beyond annoying. I agree that a phone call or a heads up in advance would've been appreciated, but they just don't THINK like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 584309, member: 13882"] Dash, Coincidentally, I have an older brother who is bipolar. Several yrs. ago, when my kids were young, he lived upstairs from us, but came down to our part of the house every day to see the kids and hang out. If I bought something special, particularly for the kids, like ice cream bon bons, or marshmallow peeps, or a food item they particularly enjoyed, he would just open my cabinets/fridge, and commence eating them, knowing full well it was for the kids. I wouldn't get angry, I was just perplexed, like, "I have tons of food in the house, why are you eating something that's a special treat that has "KID" all over it?" Plus, he would FINISH in one sitting the box of cookies, etc., like he was perseverating about it. Same thing with soda, which I rarely kept in the house. So I know where you're coming from. I don't know if it's part of the bipolar, I really don't, but my brother was always sweet to us all, and truth be told, I felt kind of sorry for him, I know he just couldn't help himself. He never borrowed anything else from us, so I let it go, but in your case, difficult child routinely helps herself to several different things of yours, so that's beyond annoying. I agree that a phone call or a heads up in advance would've been appreciated, but they just don't THINK like that. [/QUOTE]
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