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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 111228" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I might have missed something (wouldn't be the first!), but I didn't interpret David's post as wanting to stop a relationship between his son and other family. I thought he was just saying he can't discuss difficult child issues with them. I can't do that in my family either. There is the relationship with my half-brother that is permanently damaged with both me and difficult child- but sometimes it is the other person that turns a situation into a "my way or no way" scenario and we can't change everything about ourselves to cater to that- especially when they don't know anything about raising a kid or difficult child issues. If these issues need to be dealt with by saying "let's agree to disagree" and everyone can focus on other things so there isn't constant arguing and belittling about it, fine, but it takes the other parties involved to take that position, too. With my Mom, difficult child knows and says "you know mom, she's different, but I love her anyway" (he came to this conclusion on his own). Yes, I feel the same way about her and she's a part of our lives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 111228, member: 3699"] I might have missed something (wouldn't be the first!), but I didn't interpret David's post as wanting to stop a relationship between his son and other family. I thought he was just saying he can't discuss difficult child issues with them. I can't do that in my family either. There is the relationship with my half-brother that is permanently damaged with both me and difficult child- but sometimes it is the other person that turns a situation into a "my way or no way" scenario and we can't change everything about ourselves to cater to that- especially when they don't know anything about raising a kid or difficult child issues. If these issues need to be dealt with by saying "let's agree to disagree" and everyone can focus on other things so there isn't constant arguing and belittling about it, fine, but it takes the other parties involved to take that position, too. With my Mom, difficult child knows and says "you know mom, she's different, but I love her anyway" (he came to this conclusion on his own). Yes, I feel the same way about her and she's a part of our lives. [/QUOTE]
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