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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 608547" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>Thanks for the update, Scott. </p><p></p><p>None of this is easy. No matter how many stories we hear about what has happened to other parents or how they have handled it, we find ourselves so unprepared when the kids force the situation into something we never, in a million years, thought could happen to us in our own homes. There was one time when something similar happened with difficult child son, when he was addicted. While the woman (who was definitely, long-time addicted and way, way older than difficult child son) babbled on and on about how wonderful difficult child son was, difficult child son and then (temporarily) easy child daughter were going at it tooth and nail. husband missed most of this, as he had gone into the city to get money to give difficult child son. Oh, my lord it was a mess.</p><p></p><p>Know what I did?</p><p></p><p>Cooked and served breakfast. Matching napkins and everything.</p><p></p><p>Twice.</p><p></p><p>You believe it?</p><p></p><p>The stranger things got, the more I tried to make things look "normal". In retrospect, it would all have felt less crazy had I cooked lunch, the second time I decided to cook my way out of that one.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>It was so darn crazy!</p><p></p><p>****************</p><p></p><p>It's never going to be easy or pleasant, with our difficult child kids. I know that pretty well by now. It still hurts though, and is so confusing.</p><p></p><p>I am glad you posted. We may not be able to help in a concrete way, but we can share our stories, so you will feel less alone with all of it. Knowing we aren't alone, that we haven't been singled out somehow, helps me. I'm sorry this is happening at all, to any of us. </p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 608547, member: 1721"] Thanks for the update, Scott. None of this is easy. No matter how many stories we hear about what has happened to other parents or how they have handled it, we find ourselves so unprepared when the kids force the situation into something we never, in a million years, thought could happen to us in our own homes. There was one time when something similar happened with difficult child son, when he was addicted. While the woman (who was definitely, long-time addicted and way, way older than difficult child son) babbled on and on about how wonderful difficult child son was, difficult child son and then (temporarily) easy child daughter were going at it tooth and nail. husband missed most of this, as he had gone into the city to get money to give difficult child son. Oh, my lord it was a mess. Know what I did? Cooked and served breakfast. Matching napkins and everything. Twice. You believe it? The stranger things got, the more I tried to make things look "normal". In retrospect, it would all have felt less crazy had I cooked lunch, the second time I decided to cook my way out of that one. :O) It was so darn crazy! **************** It's never going to be easy or pleasant, with our difficult child kids. I know that pretty well by now. It still hurts though, and is so confusing. I am glad you posted. We may not be able to help in a concrete way, but we can share our stories, so you will feel less alone with all of it. Knowing we aren't alone, that we haven't been singled out somehow, helps me. I'm sorry this is happening at all, to any of us. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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