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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 381375" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>(((hugs)))</p><p></p><p>Yup. Pretty much the way I feel about K. I can't tell her no she can't come back to ohio........but I can put my foot down and say no she will never stay in my house again.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't mean we don't feel all of the normal emotions associated with them and the situations they get themselves into. It doesn't mean we don't love them and don't care what happens to them. It doesn't mean that we will forever have hopes that at some point they'll wake up and say What in hades am I doing? and turn their lives around.</p><p></p><p>Being a parent and loving your child doesn't mean you have to be taken advantage of, used, abused, ect. Just because they're your kid doesn't entitle them to treat you like dirt. </p><p></p><p>I have a very huge feeling K, her husband, and 3 kids are going to appear on my doorstep and ask to be taken in until they can get a spot in the shelter. Will I feel like a major heel when I tell them NO? You bet. I'll feel like total ****. But it is K and her husband's behavior that have made that necessary, not mine. As adults we've learned we have to accept the repercussions of our behavior. They have to learn it too.</p><p></p><p>But unfortunately, it honestly doesn't make us feel any better about it. It just prevents us from letting them treat us like crud under their shoe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 381375, member: 84"] (((hugs))) Yup. Pretty much the way I feel about K. I can't tell her no she can't come back to ohio........but I can put my foot down and say no she will never stay in my house again. It doesn't mean we don't feel all of the normal emotions associated with them and the situations they get themselves into. It doesn't mean we don't love them and don't care what happens to them. It doesn't mean that we will forever have hopes that at some point they'll wake up and say What in hades am I doing? and turn their lives around. Being a parent and loving your child doesn't mean you have to be taken advantage of, used, abused, ect. Just because they're your kid doesn't entitle them to treat you like dirt. I have a very huge feeling K, her husband, and 3 kids are going to appear on my doorstep and ask to be taken in until they can get a spot in the shelter. Will I feel like a major heel when I tell them NO? You bet. I'll feel like total ****. But it is K and her husband's behavior that have made that necessary, not mine. As adults we've learned we have to accept the repercussions of our behavior. They have to learn it too. But unfortunately, it honestly doesn't make us feel any better about it. It just prevents us from letting them treat us like crud under their shoe. [/QUOTE]
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