Oh, way to get my blood boiling just before bedtime, talk about improving relationship with difficult child. HA!
I had to take fall break off with Halfpint. Had a whole list of things we could do together, asked her days in advance. One item on the list was something she LOVES to do, which is go to the zoo with her sketchbook. I offered to go with a book and we could sit for hours in front of whatever animal subject she wanted. So, morning of first day of fall break I ask her 'What are we doing today?' Her answer was 'absolutely nothing' and she sat on the couch in her jammies ALL DAY LONG. Just to tick me off, I am sure. So I made plans for the next day and told her she had no choice in the matter. We went to Footloose and she ended up having fun. But wow did I have to pull teeth to get her there. My thought was 'It's my darn vacation, too!'
One day she told me her psychiatrist told her she should work on her relationship with us (ask how our day was, give compliments, etc). She then said she will still thinking about whether or not she wanted to have one with us. With an attitude like that, do you think I want to sit in front of the same zoo animal for hours on end?
Maybe I better make a cup of soothing tea to help me go to bed. This just upped my blood pressure thinking about difficult child and our 'relationship'. Here's hoping it works out for the best for all of us!
g'nite
Ma Kettle-40ish married 21 years to
Pa Kettle-40ish, Type I diabetes
PCDD Mary-18 ADD and Learning Disability (LD)- away at college, the sunshine in our life
GFGDD Halfpint-15 no official diagnosis, sex, drugs, rocknroll and breaking our hearts
I had to take fall break off with Halfpint. Had a whole list of things we could do together, asked her days in advance. One item on the list was something she LOVES to do, which is go to the zoo with her sketchbook. I offered to go with a book and we could sit for hours in front of whatever animal subject she wanted. So, morning of first day of fall break I ask her 'What are we doing today?' Her answer was 'absolutely nothing' and she sat on the couch in her jammies ALL DAY LONG. Just to tick me off, I am sure. So I made plans for the next day and told her she had no choice in the matter. We went to Footloose and she ended up having fun. But wow did I have to pull teeth to get her there. My thought was 'It's my darn vacation, too!'
One day she told me her psychiatrist told her she should work on her relationship with us (ask how our day was, give compliments, etc). She then said she will still thinking about whether or not she wanted to have one with us. With an attitude like that, do you think I want to sit in front of the same zoo animal for hours on end?
Maybe I better make a cup of soothing tea to help me go to bed. This just upped my blood pressure thinking about difficult child and our 'relationship'. Here's hoping it works out for the best for all of us!
g'nite
Ma Kettle-40ish married 21 years to
Pa Kettle-40ish, Type I diabetes
PCDD Mary-18 ADD and Learning Disability (LD)- away at college, the sunshine in our life
GFGDD Halfpint-15 no official diagnosis, sex, drugs, rocknroll and breaking our hearts