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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 28253" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>I agree, it does wear us down, but also agree that you can't judge how your child will be at 8 when s/he's only 4 now.</p><p>There is an emotional/intellectual schism with-me and I'm not sure if it's ever going to heal... but then some days everything seems so normal and that's when I'm caught off-guard by the next assault. I think I--and all of us here--have an American Tourister heart. (Remember those commercials? Marg, if they weren't on Aussie TV, they showed a piece of luggage being thrown off a cliff, jumped on, run over, whatever, by a gorilla, and a guy just picked up the luggage and kept on walking. That's us!) :wink:</p><p>I used to wonder if I was growing such a thick skin that no one could hurt me anymore. Wrong! I had the flu once, was sick in bed, and heard this horrid banging and barking... turns out one of our dogs got out and was chasing the neighbor on his motorcycle. (Border collies love to chase. Motorcycles are just as handy as sheep when you're in the city.) The neighbor was banging on my door. He was livid. I wasn't wearing my glasses, didn't recognize him, hadn't been out of bed in 2 days, and he swore a blue streak at me... "f--ing dog, we're going to kill it!" Nice guy. I got the dog in the house and then told him not to use the F-word with-me any more.</p><p>Then I went back to bed and cried for an hr.</p><p></p><p>Oh, by the way, difficult child sat and listened to the whole thing. He didn't say a word, just sat there, wide-eyed.</p><p>He is like I am... an elephant that never forgets. He always refers to that neighbor as the "Mean F-word neighbor." Score 1 for difficult child! </p><p>:bravo:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 28253, member: 3419"] I agree, it does wear us down, but also agree that you can't judge how your child will be at 8 when s/he's only 4 now. There is an emotional/intellectual schism with-me and I'm not sure if it's ever going to heal... but then some days everything seems so normal and that's when I'm caught off-guard by the next assault. I think I--and all of us here--have an American Tourister heart. (Remember those commercials? Marg, if they weren't on Aussie TV, they showed a piece of luggage being thrown off a cliff, jumped on, run over, whatever, by a gorilla, and a guy just picked up the luggage and kept on walking. That's us!) [img]:wink:[/img] I used to wonder if I was growing such a thick skin that no one could hurt me anymore. Wrong! I had the flu once, was sick in bed, and heard this horrid banging and barking... turns out one of our dogs got out and was chasing the neighbor on his motorcycle. (Border collies love to chase. Motorcycles are just as handy as sheep when you're in the city.) The neighbor was banging on my door. He was livid. I wasn't wearing my glasses, didn't recognize him, hadn't been out of bed in 2 days, and he swore a blue streak at me... "f--ing dog, we're going to kill it!" Nice guy. I got the dog in the house and then told him not to use the F-word with-me any more. Then I went back to bed and cried for an hr. Oh, by the way, difficult child sat and listened to the whole thing. He didn't say a word, just sat there, wide-eyed. He is like I am... an elephant that never forgets. He always refers to that neighbor as the "Mean F-word neighbor." Score 1 for difficult child! [img]:bravo:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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