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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 372355" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">That is the dad that my exh says he is (and that difficult child always hoped for), but really he's always been a lame duck and I've ALWAYS been the one to handle things when they go haywire. I could never rely on him in any way whatsoever. I tried to incorporate him into situations to act as a backup, but he always fouled things up more than helped. The one time I thought he was taking a stand and backing me up, he didn't last much more than a month and then she was back home with me driving H and me slowly insane (till we kicked her behind out...and till she finally dumped Monkeyboy - I shudder at the memory). After my difficult child was assualted my current H said he just wanted to kill the guy and I thought difficult child would pee herself with excitement over the idea of it. As if H killing the guy would help anything or anyone. It's just a phrase we say when we're frustrated, right? difficult child never understood that. And her difficult child-bio dad once sent her a picture of him holding a rifle and a dead deer and told her to show it to any potential boyfriend's - which she did, but he's full of BS. He is such a pip squeak, I could take him. Hahahahaha~</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Anyway, just keep things open without enabling her. Someone once said something about just giving them more rope...</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Maybe I'm burnt out or maybe because mine are 22 and 20, but I just don't have much empathy anymore for the antics of a difficult child. Hang in there and many hugs - it ain't easy.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 372355, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]That is the dad that my exh says he is (and that difficult child always hoped for), but really he's always been a lame duck and I've ALWAYS been the one to handle things when they go haywire. I could never rely on him in any way whatsoever. I tried to incorporate him into situations to act as a backup, but he always fouled things up more than helped. The one time I thought he was taking a stand and backing me up, he didn't last much more than a month and then she was back home with me driving H and me slowly insane (till we kicked her behind out...and till she finally dumped Monkeyboy - I shudder at the memory). After my difficult child was assualted my current H said he just wanted to kill the guy and I thought difficult child would pee herself with excitement over the idea of it. As if H killing the guy would help anything or anyone. It's just a phrase we say when we're frustrated, right? difficult child never understood that. And her difficult child-bio dad once sent her a picture of him holding a rifle and a dead deer and told her to show it to any potential boyfriend's - which she did, but he's full of BS. He is such a pip squeak, I could take him. Hahahahaha~[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Anyway, just keep things open without enabling her. Someone once said something about just giving them more rope...[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Maybe I'm burnt out or maybe because mine are 22 and 20, but I just don't have much empathy anymore for the antics of a difficult child. Hang in there and many hugs - it ain't easy.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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