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Not the way I wanted her birthday to be
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 536706"><p>Nancy,</p><p></p><p>Loved the card!!! May have to find that one when my difficult child turns 21 in October!!! And I totally understand and relate to where you are. It is a tightrope we all walk.... because we want to show them we love them, desperately want them to believe it and so it is really hard to turn our back on them. And I think making her dinner and a birthday cake on her birthday is totally appropriate and is not enabling... it is showing that you love her, want to celebrate her birthday and I think it is important to keep the door open and also to let them know we love them even if we don't love their behavior.</p><p></p><p>And I get paying the ticket too.... I could totally see doing that. I think that is on that fine line but you do want to keep supporting the positive steps she is taking... and you paid it directly and did not give her the money to do it.</p><p></p><p>I am with you all the way.... and will send an update on my difficult child in a separate post.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 536706"] Nancy, Loved the card!!! May have to find that one when my difficult child turns 21 in October!!! And I totally understand and relate to where you are. It is a tightrope we all walk.... because we want to show them we love them, desperately want them to believe it and so it is really hard to turn our back on them. And I think making her dinner and a birthday cake on her birthday is totally appropriate and is not enabling... it is showing that you love her, want to celebrate her birthday and I think it is important to keep the door open and also to let them know we love them even if we don't love their behavior. And I get paying the ticket too.... I could totally see doing that. I think that is on that fine line but you do want to keep supporting the positive steps she is taking... and you paid it directly and did not give her the money to do it. I am with you all the way.... and will send an update on my difficult child in a separate post. TL [/QUOTE]
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