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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 539711" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>((hugs)) Nanners</p><p></p><p>I'm going to tell you something. Maybe, just maybe, son and granddaughter have been so "spoiled" by your attention to detail and generosity........that they need some time to miss you......some time to learn to appreciate the loving caring person that you are. </p><p></p><p>I wonder, at least in part, if that is not what is going on, they're just so used to you always being there they just expect it to be so. </p><p></p><p>I know it hurts, but I'd work on not taking it quite so personally. Instead, how about doing something nice for yourself or you and husband for a change? How about looking into something that has interested you for a while and doing it? </p><p></p><p>One of the hardest things about "parenting" adult children is that we have to learn along the way to shift our focus off of them and back onto ourselves. This is the period where you and husband are supposed to be enjoying yourselves and being a bit carefree, if you know what I mean. </p><p></p><p>So I wouldn't totally give up on them just yet. </p><p></p><p>Learning to detach is a process, it takes some time to get the hang of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 539711, member: 84"] ((hugs)) Nanners I'm going to tell you something. Maybe, just maybe, son and granddaughter have been so "spoiled" by your attention to detail and generosity........that they need some time to miss you......some time to learn to appreciate the loving caring person that you are. I wonder, at least in part, if that is not what is going on, they're just so used to you always being there they just expect it to be so. I know it hurts, but I'd work on not taking it quite so personally. Instead, how about doing something nice for yourself or you and husband for a change? How about looking into something that has interested you for a while and doing it? One of the hardest things about "parenting" adult children is that we have to learn along the way to shift our focus off of them and back onto ourselves. This is the period where you and husband are supposed to be enjoying yourselves and being a bit carefree, if you know what I mean. So I wouldn't totally give up on them just yet. Learning to detach is a process, it takes some time to get the hang of it. [/QUOTE]
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