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<blockquote data-quote="Stella" data-source="post: 273329" data-attributes="member: 6837"><p>haven't read all the comments Nancy but I know you have been feeling worn out, bitter and resentful for a long time now. You have tried everything, your difficult child is 18 now and still so defiant and oppositional. You have got her to 18. I think you have put your life on hold for a long time and have told yourself once you get her to 18, that you're job is done. Of course you will always be her mom and I'm sure you will be there for her when she really needs you but yes, i think it's time you started focusing on yourself now. Well done, you've helped her survive to adulthood. The only advice I would give is to take it in baby steps and maybe detach bit by bit and not to detach completey the second she hits 18! You do sound so unhappy and understandably so. It's the hardest thing in the world to have a rejecting child. You feel like you are being punished your whole life. It's time to find yourself again now and make yourself happy. You deserve it and who knows, there is always hope that difficult child might come good, and see the error of her ways. I just really think she will have to learn life's lessons for herself, the hard way.</p><p> </p><p>Good Luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stella, post: 273329, member: 6837"] haven't read all the comments Nancy but I know you have been feeling worn out, bitter and resentful for a long time now. You have tried everything, your difficult child is 18 now and still so defiant and oppositional. You have got her to 18. I think you have put your life on hold for a long time and have told yourself once you get her to 18, that you're job is done. Of course you will always be her mom and I'm sure you will be there for her when she really needs you but yes, i think it's time you started focusing on yourself now. Well done, you've helped her survive to adulthood. The only advice I would give is to take it in baby steps and maybe detach bit by bit and not to detach completey the second she hits 18! You do sound so unhappy and understandably so. It's the hardest thing in the world to have a rejecting child. You feel like you are being punished your whole life. It's time to find yourself again now and make yourself happy. You deserve it and who knows, there is always hope that difficult child might come good, and see the error of her ways. I just really think she will have to learn life's lessons for herself, the hard way. Good Luck! [/QUOTE]
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