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Could someone please explain my difficult child to me?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 356666"><p>Our daughter has done some very similar things. She treats us poorly, loses clothes like crazy (moves and is too lazy to pack them...OMG!) and then gets a job interview and expects us to buy her a nice outfit. I'm not sure what this is. Immaturity, entitement, refusal to face reality, lack of appreciation for others, problems planning...a little of everything .... hard to say. It sure is frustrating and concerning.....etc.</p><p>Last time this happened, we told her to piece together something nice from what she had. It was hard, but she managed. I did give her an old lipstick that I was no longer using as well as a pair of tarnished earrings I was considering giving to charity or throwing out....and she seemed grateful. I agree, your difficult child needs to figure out how to budget and make use of stores like Goodwill. Plenty others do this...especially young people just starting out. It seems she gets a little anxious about something and runs to you for help and doesn't care how she tortures you in the process. This has to stop...like yesterday. You teach people how to treat you...so step away from this routine and hopefully she will figure out that she has to go a different route.</p><p>in my humble opinion, your husband handled this well. And personally, I would not answer anonymous calls. Let them leave you a message. If it is someone you know or a legit business call, etc., they will leave a message and you will make a decision whether or not to call back. No need to answer these calls....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 356666"] Our daughter has done some very similar things. She treats us poorly, loses clothes like crazy (moves and is too lazy to pack them...OMG!) and then gets a job interview and expects us to buy her a nice outfit. I'm not sure what this is. Immaturity, entitement, refusal to face reality, lack of appreciation for others, problems planning...a little of everything .... hard to say. It sure is frustrating and concerning.....etc. Last time this happened, we told her to piece together something nice from what she had. It was hard, but she managed. I did give her an old lipstick that I was no longer using as well as a pair of tarnished earrings I was considering giving to charity or throwing out....and she seemed grateful. I agree, your difficult child needs to figure out how to budget and make use of stores like Goodwill. Plenty others do this...especially young people just starting out. It seems she gets a little anxious about something and runs to you for help and doesn't care how she tortures you in the process. This has to stop...like yesterday. You teach people how to treat you...so step away from this routine and hopefully she will figure out that she has to go a different route. in my humble opinion, your husband handled this well. And personally, I would not answer anonymous calls. Let them leave you a message. If it is someone you know or a legit business call, etc., they will leave a message and you will make a decision whether or not to call back. No need to answer these calls.... [/QUOTE]
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