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<blockquote data-quote="tryagain" data-source="post: 620930" data-attributes="member: 14865"><p>Scent of Cedar, amen and amen! My difficult child who is bipolar follows the same pattern as your difficult child daughter does when she is plotting to get money. </p><p></p><p>The shoveling snow/casino story resonated strongly with me, reminding me of last fall when my difficult child pretended to have a waitress job and would call me with elaborate stories about the wonderful tips she was getting. (It was her fantasy.) This time, when she informed us in early February that she had gotten a fast food job, I told her to send photos of herself in her uniform. She knows that I am on to her cons now. The crazy thing is, this time she was telling the truth! The photos arrived of her replete with uniform. So there's the proverbial "rub"-the one out of 10 times that they're actually telling the truth. And if we're not careful, our good and compassionate hearts will then be tempted to jump right back in and pursue the never-never land of normalcy that is all smoke and mirrors with a difficult child. </p><p></p><p>Not long ago you sent me encouraging words about my difficult child, so I'm sending some to you. I totally believe you and husband are doing the right thing with your responses to her. I also think your husband is going through a grieving process due to the comments he made about how life has turned out. You're a great example for him, so don't give up. Give him time to grieve. I've said to my husband quite often that "no one has a perfect life". Recoveringenabler has posted some awesome little posters of encouragement-read them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tryagain, post: 620930, member: 14865"] Scent of Cedar, amen and amen! My difficult child who is bipolar follows the same pattern as your difficult child daughter does when she is plotting to get money. The shoveling snow/casino story resonated strongly with me, reminding me of last fall when my difficult child pretended to have a waitress job and would call me with elaborate stories about the wonderful tips she was getting. (It was her fantasy.) This time, when she informed us in early February that she had gotten a fast food job, I told her to send photos of herself in her uniform. She knows that I am on to her cons now. The crazy thing is, this time she was telling the truth! The photos arrived of her replete with uniform. So there's the proverbial "rub"-the one out of 10 times that they're actually telling the truth. And if we're not careful, our good and compassionate hearts will then be tempted to jump right back in and pursue the never-never land of normalcy that is all smoke and mirrors with a difficult child. Not long ago you sent me encouraging words about my difficult child, so I'm sending some to you. I totally believe you and husband are doing the right thing with your responses to her. I also think your husband is going through a grieving process due to the comments he made about how life has turned out. You're a great example for him, so don't give up. Give him time to grieve. I've said to my husband quite often that "no one has a perfect life". Recoveringenabler has posted some awesome little posters of encouragement-read them. [/QUOTE]
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