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Give difficult child grandpa's watch or not to? About trust and self-preservation
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 562648" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I have 3 boys and I would never give something that was absolutely meant for one of them to another of them...big NO. </p><p></p><p>What I think you should do right now is to give your difficult child a new watch that you engrave but keep grandpa's watch for either his wedding or even better, the birth of his first child. That will be the day he is most vulnerable and most in awe of family values. At least if he is anything like my son's. </p><p></p><p>I will give you an example. When Jamie was much younger and first moved out of the house when he went into the Marines, he got married almost right away. I gave him a set of my mom's china. Thankfully it wasnt one of her good sets but he knew it was his grandma's china and I also gave him a clock that was hers. He kept it safe and sound through his first marriage but his second wife got mad that he had this china from his first wife, I think she thought it was a wedding present, and she dropped a whole box of it and broke about half of the stuff. She also tossed out the clock. He didnt much complain. I complained! Will they get another darned thing from my house before I die? NO! </p><p></p><p>Cory knows there are some pieces here that are his from my mom but they arent leaving my house until I am sure he is settled. Some is a worth a little bit, some is just family history.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 562648, member: 1514"] I have 3 boys and I would never give something that was absolutely meant for one of them to another of them...big NO. What I think you should do right now is to give your difficult child a new watch that you engrave but keep grandpa's watch for either his wedding or even better, the birth of his first child. That will be the day he is most vulnerable and most in awe of family values. At least if he is anything like my son's. I will give you an example. When Jamie was much younger and first moved out of the house when he went into the Marines, he got married almost right away. I gave him a set of my mom's china. Thankfully it wasnt one of her good sets but he knew it was his grandma's china and I also gave him a clock that was hers. He kept it safe and sound through his first marriage but his second wife got mad that he had this china from his first wife, I think she thought it was a wedding present, and she dropped a whole box of it and broke about half of the stuff. She also tossed out the clock. He didnt much complain. I complained! Will they get another darned thing from my house before I die? NO! Cory knows there are some pieces here that are his from my mom but they arent leaving my house until I am sure he is settled. Some is a worth a little bit, some is just family history. [/QUOTE]
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