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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 298395"><p>FWIW (thank you to the lovely lady here who explained this expression to me), daughter's remark above is totally familiar in my world.</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child has not spent much time at all with extended family members. We have had the pleasure of adding to our family recently by marriage and she is doing the same...not taking advantage of opportunities to meet others.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, family (we have a tiny family) and friends over the years have not jumped in to help us with her. One time a family member did and they were burned badly by difficult child doing her "thing."</p><p> </p><p>One can't really expect them to fully understand the situation. husband and I have talked about this a lot...and I can't imagine anyone ever wanting to be a guardian.</p><p> </p><p>I have one very close friend and I have only asked me to help with difficult child perhaps for an over night sleep over once or twice and to call her a few times when we are out of town. This is over a twenty year period. </p><p> </p><p>husband and I are still struggling about "will" issues...I suppose my friend is closest to the situation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, with reference to your family being overly inquistive about your medications and financial affairs...I am very glad you have either consulted an attorney or are planning to and that you have already mentioned this to your doctors.</p><p> </p><p>I DO wonder if you could figure out who is the ring leader in this move to bring you in closer. Is this what you want? If you know who is orchestrating all of this, perhaps you can talk with- him or her. Linda, perhaps you might want to consider moving (closer to family) if you don't feel better by a certain point in time. Or five years down the road. Perhaps if you assure your family that this is not out of the question at some future point in time, but it is not in your current time frame, they will back off. IN the mean time, do all your little "things" to feel more secure about your independence.</p><p> </p><p>by the way, as I have mentioned to you before, the medications taken for certain things can cause cognitive issues. Please think about this supplement called "PS." Check it out at <a href="http://www.iherb.com" target="_blank">www.iherb.com</a>. I take it. difficult child just started to take it and we noticed something immediately. Better memory! I have a good friend taking it...it noticeably helps with- memory. It helps those with ADD, people on anti seizure medications that cause dulling and those with other memory related issues...any number of things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 298395"] FWIW (thank you to the lovely lady here who explained this expression to me), daughter's remark above is totally familiar in my world. My difficult child has not spent much time at all with extended family members. We have had the pleasure of adding to our family recently by marriage and she is doing the same...not taking advantage of opportunities to meet others. Additionally, family (we have a tiny family) and friends over the years have not jumped in to help us with her. One time a family member did and they were burned badly by difficult child doing her "thing." One can't really expect them to fully understand the situation. husband and I have talked about this a lot...and I can't imagine anyone ever wanting to be a guardian. I have one very close friend and I have only asked me to help with difficult child perhaps for an over night sleep over once or twice and to call her a few times when we are out of town. This is over a twenty year period. husband and I are still struggling about "will" issues...I suppose my friend is closest to the situation. However, with reference to your family being overly inquistive about your medications and financial affairs...I am very glad you have either consulted an attorney or are planning to and that you have already mentioned this to your doctors. I DO wonder if you could figure out who is the ring leader in this move to bring you in closer. Is this what you want? If you know who is orchestrating all of this, perhaps you can talk with- him or her. Linda, perhaps you might want to consider moving (closer to family) if you don't feel better by a certain point in time. Or five years down the road. Perhaps if you assure your family that this is not out of the question at some future point in time, but it is not in your current time frame, they will back off. IN the mean time, do all your little "things" to feel more secure about your independence. by the way, as I have mentioned to you before, the medications taken for certain things can cause cognitive issues. Please think about this supplement called "PS." Check it out at [URL="http://www.iherb.com"]www.iherb.com[/URL]. I take it. difficult child just started to take it and we noticed something immediately. Better memory! I have a good friend taking it...it noticeably helps with- memory. It helps those with ADD, people on anti seizure medications that cause dulling and those with other memory related issues...any number of things. [/QUOTE]
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