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Caught between two difficult child generations
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<blockquote data-quote="firehorsewoman" data-source="post: 536537"><p>Recently another small yet not insignificant event has set me on that "path out" as you describe it.</p><p></p><p>Because my kids are with their father 2/3 of the month, I feel the great urge and need to tell them how much I love and miss them when they get to my house. I asked easy child, "Do you know who my two favorite people are in the universe?....." she cut me off before I could finish with the "...and how much I love you" part. She said, "Why do you tell us that all of the time? I don't want to hear that anymore."</p><p></p><p>I was crushed. I held back the tears and mumbled, " I tell you because it is true." I added, "One day Mommy won't be around to tell you that she loves you and you may wish that she were." What I was thinking was "AND I tell you because my mother never told me she loved me my entire life." Silly me for thinking that telling my kids how much I miss and love them is important. easy child is sweet and easy-going but she can be a "chip of the old iceberg" (like her father) when it comes to affection so I am accustomed to that. Still, the severe coldheartedness of her response really triggered something in me deep inside regarding moving along that path of change...that path of "my time" as you describe it.</p><p></p><p>thanks again</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="firehorsewoman, post: 536537"] Recently another small yet not insignificant event has set me on that "path out" as you describe it. Because my kids are with their father 2/3 of the month, I feel the great urge and need to tell them how much I love and miss them when they get to my house. I asked easy child, "Do you know who my two favorite people are in the universe?....." she cut me off before I could finish with the "...and how much I love you" part. She said, "Why do you tell us that all of the time? I don't want to hear that anymore." I was crushed. I held back the tears and mumbled, " I tell you because it is true." I added, "One day Mommy won't be around to tell you that she loves you and you may wish that she were." What I was thinking was "AND I tell you because my mother never told me she loved me my entire life." Silly me for thinking that telling my kids how much I miss and love them is important. easy child is sweet and easy-going but she can be a "chip of the old iceberg" (like her father) when it comes to affection so I am accustomed to that. Still, the severe coldheartedness of her response really triggered something in me deep inside regarding moving along that path of change...that path of "my time" as you describe it. thanks again [/QUOTE]
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