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Getting nervous about Thanksgiving--how to enforce boundaries?
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<blockquote data-quote="Origami" data-source="post: 639175" data-attributes="member: 18099"><p>Echo, that article is priceless! I'm still laughing at the Seating Plan and the Conversation parts. I'm sending this to everyone in my family, and will read it out loud to those who I don't think will finish it on their own!</p><p></p><p>I don't think you are too harsh, GuideMe. I've got a thicker skin than I used to since I started posting on this site!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I have actually come to my difficult child son's defense many times when he was being picked on, and the older kids (really only two of them do this) think I'm making excuses for him. Well, I see these kinds of comments as unnecessary bullying also, and I'm going to make it clear that it's not appropriate. Isn't everyone old enough to stop acting so bratty?</p><p></p><p>I really didn't mean I'd send difficult child to his room for standing up for himself, just that I'd allow him to go there if he wants to. He usually excuses himself after a few minutes of togetherness, anyway, and we're all used to that. I guess I was thinking it's kind-of weird that I don't insist on him sitting through the whole meal with everyone, and now I feel like you guys have validated that it's OK. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in my own little fishbowl of drama that it's nice to hear that I'm not crazy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Origami, post: 639175, member: 18099"] Echo, that article is priceless! I'm still laughing at the Seating Plan and the Conversation parts. I'm sending this to everyone in my family, and will read it out loud to those who I don't think will finish it on their own! I don't think you are too harsh, GuideMe. I've got a thicker skin than I used to since I started posting on this site!;) I have actually come to my difficult child son's defense many times when he was being picked on, and the older kids (really only two of them do this) think I'm making excuses for him. Well, I see these kinds of comments as unnecessary bullying also, and I'm going to make it clear that it's not appropriate. Isn't everyone old enough to stop acting so bratty? I really didn't mean I'd send difficult child to his room for standing up for himself, just that I'd allow him to go there if he wants to. He usually excuses himself after a few minutes of togetherness, anyway, and we're all used to that. I guess I was thinking it's kind-of weird that I don't insist on him sitting through the whole meal with everyone, and now I feel like you guys have validated that it's OK. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in my own little fishbowl of drama that it's nice to hear that I'm not crazy! [/QUOTE]
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