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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 104488" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Wow Marg!!! </p><p></p><p>4sumrzn, I think the only reason I have my difficult child is because if anyone else had him, they would have killed him by now. Or he'd be on the street. I'm only half joking.</p><p></p><p>I don't even feel awful/guilty about the "what it would have been like" thing any more. Like, right now. I picked up difficult child from school and he complained about every single thing. I mean EVERY thing, and it's MY fault ... even to the point where I turned right instead of going straight, and, and, and ...</p><p>I finally told him--in an unbelievably calm voice, even for me, LOL--that since he was so negative, he could write 10X "I will not be negative," then clean his room, and not talk around me.</p><p></p><p>I opened his door to thank him for the 10x page and he almost slammed the door on my hand.</p><p>He often does what he's told but never does it in a pleasing way.</p><p>Meanwhile, I have to try not to take it personally and when I do, I hide in the bathroom so he doesn't see me crying (shades of the other notes about kids who run away, and how they affect you).</p><p></p><p>You know those cartoon characters who have blk clouds over their heads? That's difficult child when he doesn't get his way. Then he gets over it, and the blk cloud goes over my head and I have to figure out a way to get rid of it.</p><p></p><p>Again, thanks for listening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 104488, member: 3419"] Wow Marg!!! 4sumrzn, I think the only reason I have my difficult child is because if anyone else had him, they would have killed him by now. Or he'd be on the street. I'm only half joking. I don't even feel awful/guilty about the "what it would have been like" thing any more. Like, right now. I picked up difficult child from school and he complained about every single thing. I mean EVERY thing, and it's MY fault ... even to the point where I turned right instead of going straight, and, and, and ... I finally told him--in an unbelievably calm voice, even for me, LOL--that since he was so negative, he could write 10X "I will not be negative," then clean his room, and not talk around me. I opened his door to thank him for the 10x page and he almost slammed the door on my hand. He often does what he's told but never does it in a pleasing way. Meanwhile, I have to try not to take it personally and when I do, I hide in the bathroom so he doesn't see me crying (shades of the other notes about kids who run away, and how they affect you). You know those cartoon characters who have blk clouds over their heads? That's difficult child when he doesn't get his way. Then he gets over it, and the blk cloud goes over my head and I have to figure out a way to get rid of it. Again, thanks for listening. [/QUOTE]
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