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Gave difficult child the "Old Tomato"
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 124516" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>Seriously Abbey, thanks for the morning chuckle~<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p> </p><p>difficult child will be coming home today so she can shower and get ready for her first day at her new job. Not sure how she plans on getting anywhere as H didn't buckle under last night and give her hers.</p><p> </p><p>I discovered this morning (something I already knew, but for some reason it was like a epiphany for me this morning) that my H is clueless. I love him, he's been so good to the girls, supportive, yadda yadda yadda. But My God, we were discussing the 'what happens next' stuff over our morning coffee and paper and he said still is saying, "We can't just let her go. We need to find a way to make her see..." I came back at him and reminded him that we've been trying to 'make her see' for YEARS, most of her life in fact. I told him I felt like a wrung out dishrag - I have used up all my resources to find a way to "help" her and "make her see" the <p style="text-align: right"> way. Apparently, OUR way is not the way she chooses....blah blah blah...and so it went.</p> <p style="text-align: right"></p> <p style="text-align: right">Then, after H admitted that I was probably right and said his piece, I simply added, "Hon, she's determined to go. At this point there is very little that we can do. She doesn't want to live the way we need her to under our roof, she feels she needs to go, and it's okay with me. Some of us have to learn the hard way - it is what it is. We have to let her go." He said, "She'll come back you know. She'll get into trouble and we can't just leave her in jail. She may end up pregnant and we're going be called in." I said we'd cross that bridge when we get to it, but for now, she has to go. He shook his head and then went on a tirade about what a loser Monkeyboy is (I think the thought of MB touching difficult child is killing him<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/biting.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":biting:" title="biting :biting:" data-shortname=":biting:" />).</p> <p style="text-align: right"></p> <p style="text-align: right">Thanks for all the support. Although there have been no tears on the outside, I am shaking inside <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> - I hope we're doing the right thing for her. I know it was nice last night after she left and this morning while getting ready for work not thinking about whether or not she will sleep until noon, etc. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 124516, member: 2211"] Seriously Abbey, thanks for the morning chuckle~:happy: difficult child will be coming home today so she can shower and get ready for her first day at her new job. Not sure how she plans on getting anywhere as H didn't buckle under last night and give her hers. I discovered this morning (something I already knew, but for some reason it was like a epiphany for me this morning) that my H is clueless. I love him, he's been so good to the girls, supportive, yadda yadda yadda. But My God, we were discussing the 'what happens next' stuff over our morning coffee and paper and he said still is saying, "We can't just let her go. We need to find a way to make her see..." I came back at him and reminded him that we've been trying to 'make her see' for YEARS, most of her life in fact. I told him I felt like a wrung out dishrag - I have used up all my resources to find a way to "help" her and "make her see" the [right] way. Apparently, OUR way is not the way she chooses....blah blah blah...and so it went. Then, after H admitted that I was probably right and said his piece, I simply added, "Hon, she's determined to go. At this point there is very little that we can do. She doesn't want to live the way we need her to under our roof, she feels she needs to go, and it's okay with me. Some of us have to learn the hard way - it is what it is. We have to let her go." He said, "She'll come back you know. She'll get into trouble and we can't just leave her in jail. She may end up pregnant and we're going be called in." I said we'd cross that bridge when we get to it, but for now, she has to go. He shook his head and then went on a tirade about what a loser Monkeyboy is (I think the thought of MB touching difficult child is killing him:biting:). Thanks for all the support. Although there have been no tears on the outside, I am shaking inside :confused1: - I hope we're doing the right thing for her. I know it was nice last night after she left and this morning while getting ready for work not thinking about whether or not she will sleep until noon, etc. :raspberry-tounge:[/right] [/QUOTE]
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