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<blockquote data-quote="Methuselah" data-source="post: 480532" data-attributes="member: 12725"><p>I actually smiled as I read your note. It was a been there done that smile. My two difficult children, especially difficult child 1, are masters of impression management. They work really hard to create this image of good, so they they can get away with their bad. People are conned all the time. They hate me around their victims, too, because I am always ready with the truth. They will effortlessly malign my character or anyone else's if need be, all to make themselves appear to be better than they are. :-/</p><p></p><p>What really had me smile is the need for praise. My difficult children always want parades and statues built when they do something mundane or ridiculous. For instance, difficult child 2 came to me a few months ago excited her favorite TV show was coming back regularly. I was loading clothes in the drier and said "oh that's nice." I looked up and my difficult child 2 said with a pout, "I thought you'd be happier for me." I said sarcastically "I'm sorry. I was figuring out which news staion to alert for your parade." She stomped off. Yes, I could have been kinder or said nothing, but I'm tired of being perceived as horrible if I don't petition the government to make everything a national holiday. It's exhausting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Methuselah, post: 480532, member: 12725"] I actually smiled as I read your note. It was a been there done that smile. My two difficult children, especially difficult child 1, are masters of impression management. They work really hard to create this image of good, so they they can get away with their bad. People are conned all the time. They hate me around their victims, too, because I am always ready with the truth. They will effortlessly malign my character or anyone else's if need be, all to make themselves appear to be better than they are. :-/ What really had me smile is the need for praise. My difficult children always want parades and statues built when they do something mundane or ridiculous. For instance, difficult child 2 came to me a few months ago excited her favorite TV show was coming back regularly. I was loading clothes in the drier and said "oh that's nice." I looked up and my difficult child 2 said with a pout, "I thought you'd be happier for me." I said sarcastically "I'm sorry. I was figuring out which news staion to alert for your parade." She stomped off. Yes, I could have been kinder or said nothing, but I'm tired of being perceived as horrible if I don't petition the government to make everything a national holiday. It's exhausting. [/QUOTE]
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