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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 225739" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I usually answer something like, "Oh thank you! It is so good to hear when someone enjoys difficult child. He really is a special kid isn't he? I am so happy that you are able to experience that. Knowing that you enjoy having him around does make these difficult moments easier. difficult child does have a struggle adjusting to lots of people around. He will be pleased to hear that you enjoyed his visit."</p><p></p><p>If it was my mother in law,the intentions of those remarks also would be to try to keep me from getting too angry. She would be trying to remind me that not all is bad. We scream to the roof top the good qualities our our kids but in the moment of total frustration over them, our vision of those good things get cloudy.</p><p></p><p>So, even if her intention was to be mean and rotten and a know-it-all, I would let her see how I can take it as a compliment. She is not going to get the best of this warrior mom. I am going to make her words be what I want them to be. (gets them every time when you turn their words around to mean something nicer than they intended. catches them off guard.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 225739, member: 5096"] I usually answer something like, "Oh thank you! It is so good to hear when someone enjoys difficult child. He really is a special kid isn't he? I am so happy that you are able to experience that. Knowing that you enjoy having him around does make these difficult moments easier. difficult child does have a struggle adjusting to lots of people around. He will be pleased to hear that you enjoyed his visit." If it was my mother in law,the intentions of those remarks also would be to try to keep me from getting too angry. She would be trying to remind me that not all is bad. We scream to the roof top the good qualities our our kids but in the moment of total frustration over them, our vision of those good things get cloudy. So, even if her intention was to be mean and rotten and a know-it-all, I would let her see how I can take it as a compliment. She is not going to get the best of this warrior mom. I am going to make her words be what I want them to be. (gets them every time when you turn their words around to mean something nicer than they intended. catches them off guard.) [/QUOTE]
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