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Need a sounding board, venting and some advice - long...sorry
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<blockquote data-quote="recovering doormat" data-source="post: 325566" data-attributes="member: 5941"><p>It sounds like you have been a saint through all this, but at what cost to yourself? </p><p> </p><p>I agree with the previous reply, let husband go visit his mom Christmas Eve and you go spend it with people who don't antagonize you and make your jaws clench. Life is too short!</p><p> </p><p>I think having your stepdaughter for Christmas dinner is fine. Not trying to hijack this thread, but you might look at the responses that Jbrain gave to me about her relationship with her difficult child daughter, who is older than your step daughter but sounds like they are both street smart kids who can survive on their own. There's a term I've come across before, of "detachment", when you can not feel yourself get sucked into another person's drama, particularly when it is detrimental to yourself and your healthy household members.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck and I hope you can enjoy some of the holidays.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recovering doormat, post: 325566, member: 5941"] It sounds like you have been a saint through all this, but at what cost to yourself? I agree with the previous reply, let husband go visit his mom Christmas Eve and you go spend it with people who don't antagonize you and make your jaws clench. Life is too short! I think having your stepdaughter for Christmas dinner is fine. Not trying to hijack this thread, but you might look at the responses that Jbrain gave to me about her relationship with her difficult child daughter, who is older than your step daughter but sounds like they are both street smart kids who can survive on their own. There's a term I've come across before, of "detachment", when you can not feel yourself get sucked into another person's drama, particularly when it is detrimental to yourself and your healthy household members. Good luck and I hope you can enjoy some of the holidays. [/QUOTE]
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