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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 608171" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>"Mortification and unwanted notoriety is often a side effect of parenting a difficult child."<span style="color: #ff0000"> AMEN!!!</span> CJ phrased it perfectly!</p><p></p><p>I would likely say that we each make mistakes and are responsible for them and hopefully we learn from them. If pushed to comment more, or to comment on how you feel by someone who seems to want to slurp up the drama, I would probably say that it is easy to poke and prod at those who know the person who messed up, but it isn't a question that has any point other than to create conflama. (Conflama = conflict + drama, awesome word from Iyanla VanZant years ago.) That seems to end that topic of conversation for most people. </p><p></p><p>Other possible responses are "Thank you for your concern.", "It was a bad choice of difficult child's, wasn't it?", and "Why do you asK?" The latter is one I reserve for those who asking for the sole reason of making you uncomfortable. For may people the shock that you have the stones to stand up for yourself and to openly question their motives is like walking into a wall. You have to look around to see where you are going to go and you don't always like what you see. I love a teachable moment. </p><p></p><p>(((((HUGS)))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 608171, member: 1233"] "Mortification and unwanted notoriety is often a side effect of parenting a difficult child."[COLOR=#ff0000] AMEN!!![/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] CJ phrased it perfectly! I would likely say that we each make mistakes and are responsible for them and hopefully we learn from them. If pushed to comment more, or to comment on how you feel by someone who seems to want to slurp up the drama, I would probably say that it is easy to poke and prod at those who know the person who messed up, but it isn't a question that has any point other than to create conflama. (Conflama = conflict + drama, awesome word from Iyanla VanZant years ago.) That seems to end that topic of conversation for most people. Other possible responses are "Thank you for your concern.", "It was a bad choice of difficult child's, wasn't it?", and "Why do you asK?" The latter is one I reserve for those who asking for the sole reason of making you uncomfortable. For may people the shock that you have the stones to stand up for yourself and to openly question their motives is like walking into a wall. You have to look around to see where you are going to go and you don't always like what you see. I love a teachable moment. (((((HUGS))))) [/QUOTE]
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