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<blockquote data-quote="dashcat" data-source="post: 402004" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>My gft did this and NOTHING that I did - or did not do - seemed to make a difference. She loved being fussed over so, Janet - as over the top as your reaction was lol! - she would have loved most of it. She's a sweet-aholic so, when she'd complain of a tummy ache, I'd blame the sweets and withold them. She liked the attention of being denied sweets! There were times I failed to take real illness seriously (for which I felt horrible) and times when I was forced to take her to doctors, for Xrays or keep her out of school because she escalated her compaints to the point where teachers and coaches would call and INSIST that I take her to be treated!</p><p> </p><p>It drove me mad. </p><p> </p><p>She still screams bloody blue murder over paper cuts and stubbed toes, but at least she's out of school and I can selectively ignore it. </p><p> </p><p>When she was in high shcool, I was at the school helping to decorate for a dance. she was on a ladder across the room and got her finger stuck in the ceiling tile frame. She screamed, she hollered and everyone - including me - ignored her. finally someone realized her finger was really stuck and freed her. She STILL brings this up (and it really wasn't a big deal - she wasn't injured even though it might have hurt a little) and I always point out that we ingnored her because she was ALWAYS bellowing about sort of injury....</p><p>Sigh...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 402004, member: 9175"] My gft did this and NOTHING that I did - or did not do - seemed to make a difference. She loved being fussed over so, Janet - as over the top as your reaction was lol! - she would have loved most of it. She's a sweet-aholic so, when she'd complain of a tummy ache, I'd blame the sweets and withold them. She liked the attention of being denied sweets! There were times I failed to take real illness seriously (for which I felt horrible) and times when I was forced to take her to doctors, for Xrays or keep her out of school because she escalated her compaints to the point where teachers and coaches would call and INSIST that I take her to be treated! It drove me mad. She still screams bloody blue murder over paper cuts and stubbed toes, but at least she's out of school and I can selectively ignore it. When she was in high shcool, I was at the school helping to decorate for a dance. she was on a ladder across the room and got her finger stuck in the ceiling tile frame. She screamed, she hollered and everyone - including me - ignored her. finally someone realized her finger was really stuck and freed her. She STILL brings this up (and it really wasn't a big deal - she wasn't injured even though it might have hurt a little) and I always point out that we ingnored her because she was ALWAYS bellowing about sort of injury.... Sigh... [/QUOTE]
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