smallworld
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Eden, I've copied your post into its own thread so that folks here will notice it and have the opportunity to welcome your properly. Welcome aboard!
My difficult child is a total BEAR in the mornings and will rip anyone to shreds who even talks to him (especially me gently trying to help him get up and into school on time). He's especially bad, though, when he's lost something (of course, he insists he hasn't mislaid it in his heaps of **** in his room, surely our housekeeper stole it or I "put it somewhere" etc.). So I know where you're coming from.
This morning he refused to leave for school until he found his "missing" cell phone (he's not supposed to take it to school in the first place!). I calmly asked him if he perhaps left it in easy child's room. "I ALREADY LOOKED IN THERE, STOP BOTHERING ME!!!" was his ever so thankful-for-your-help, shouted reply.
Guess where he found it 20 minutes later? In easy child's room.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Me: 53, work outside home, partially sane
husband of 7 years: 54, my first and always soulmate
difficult child: 17/m, ADD, ODD, Daytrana patch, adopted at birth
easy child: 17/f, no known issues, guest in our home indefinitely (friend of difficult child -- basically abandoned)
diagnosis: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), emotional/verbal abuser, minimal involvement in difficult child's life
Dog 1: Gabby, 11, adopted at 2, pom/chow mix
Dog 2: Harley, 6, adopted at birth, white lab
Dog 3: Bella, 5 mo., guest in our home (belongs to easy child)
My difficult child is a total BEAR in the mornings and will rip anyone to shreds who even talks to him (especially me gently trying to help him get up and into school on time). He's especially bad, though, when he's lost something (of course, he insists he hasn't mislaid it in his heaps of **** in his room, surely our housekeeper stole it or I "put it somewhere" etc.). So I know where you're coming from.
This morning he refused to leave for school until he found his "missing" cell phone (he's not supposed to take it to school in the first place!). I calmly asked him if he perhaps left it in easy child's room. "I ALREADY LOOKED IN THERE, STOP BOTHERING ME!!!" was his ever so thankful-for-your-help, shouted reply.
Guess where he found it 20 minutes later? In easy child's room.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
__________________
Me: 53, work outside home, partially sane
husband of 7 years: 54, my first and always soulmate
difficult child: 17/m, ADD, ODD, Daytrana patch, adopted at birth
easy child: 17/f, no known issues, guest in our home indefinitely (friend of difficult child -- basically abandoned)
diagnosis: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), emotional/verbal abuser, minimal involvement in difficult child's life
Dog 1: Gabby, 11, adopted at 2, pom/chow mix
Dog 2: Harley, 6, adopted at birth, white lab
Dog 3: Bella, 5 mo., guest in our home (belongs to easy child)