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Too tired to fight it tonight, but the difficult child's are playing husband
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 331967" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Thanks everyone for the honest feedback. It's nice to know I'm not just being a demanding parent.</p><p> </p><p>A few minutes after I posted above, I laid a little guilt trip on difficult child 1 for calling his dad and asking him to do this after the long day he'd had. I told him I thought it was very selfish and inconsiderate. He got the message and said he'd call him back to "cancel the order" and I said he should apologize to his dad, too. Unfortunately, when he got through to husband, he was already in line at the drive-thru -- so difficult child 1 didn't bother to tell him (would have really p.o.'d husband if he had, I can guarantee that), but he did thank him again profusely before hanging up, and then again when he got home. </p><p> </p><p>And what the difficult child's didn't finish last night, they took for lunch today <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p> </p><p>I don't think they'll be doing that again. And I told husband when he got home that I thought it was ridiculous of them to do to him, and foolish of him to agree to it. He mumbled something about "it is what it is" and wandered off. I know he enjoys doing things like this for the kids, but there's a fine line between spoiling and doing something nice. And he crossed it last night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 331967, member: 3444"] Thanks everyone for the honest feedback. It's nice to know I'm not just being a demanding parent. A few minutes after I posted above, I laid a little guilt trip on difficult child 1 for calling his dad and asking him to do this after the long day he'd had. I told him I thought it was very selfish and inconsiderate. He got the message and said he'd call him back to "cancel the order" and I said he should apologize to his dad, too. Unfortunately, when he got through to husband, he was already in line at the drive-thru -- so difficult child 1 didn't bother to tell him (would have really p.o.'d husband if he had, I can guarantee that), but he did thank him again profusely before hanging up, and then again when he got home. And what the difficult child's didn't finish last night, they took for lunch today :) I don't think they'll be doing that again. And I told husband when he got home that I thought it was ridiculous of them to do to him, and foolish of him to agree to it. He mumbled something about "it is what it is" and wandered off. I know he enjoys doing things like this for the kids, but there's a fine line between spoiling and doing something nice. And he crossed it last night. [/QUOTE]
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