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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 652051" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I have an uncle who uses his diabetes for drama and attention. He is a real diaper wipe about it, too. When he was first diagnosed the whole family did what we could to help. I even made a couple of late night food runs when a coworker messed with his food as a 'prank' or they had a company catered meal that he could not eat for some reason. He worked nights, so it was always very late at night when this happened.</p><p></p><p>Lately not a single one of us, other than his wife, will even listen to his dramabetes ramblings. He gets SOOO perplexed when we either don't respond and just stare blankly at him or else we talk about something totally different and in NO way related to him. He flat out refuses to take care of his disease or to avoid or balance the amount of sugars he has. My mother used to not have dessert when he visited, but he would then go out after every dinner and most lunches and get a king size candy bar or a large cinnamon roll or a half dozen cookies. Every. Single. Time. Then he would whine about his blood sugar. </p><p></p><p>I would let her diabetes be HER issue. Unless you are solely responsible for her diet, it just isn't your problem. You cannot control what goes in her mouth, but you do not have to reward irresponsible behavior by allowing her to manipulate you with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 652051, member: 1233"] I have an uncle who uses his diabetes for drama and attention. He is a real diaper wipe about it, too. When he was first diagnosed the whole family did what we could to help. I even made a couple of late night food runs when a coworker messed with his food as a 'prank' or they had a company catered meal that he could not eat for some reason. He worked nights, so it was always very late at night when this happened. Lately not a single one of us, other than his wife, will even listen to his dramabetes ramblings. He gets SOOO perplexed when we either don't respond and just stare blankly at him or else we talk about something totally different and in NO way related to him. He flat out refuses to take care of his disease or to avoid or balance the amount of sugars he has. My mother used to not have dessert when he visited, but he would then go out after every dinner and most lunches and get a king size candy bar or a large cinnamon roll or a half dozen cookies. Every. Single. Time. Then he would whine about his blood sugar. I would let her diabetes be HER issue. Unless you are solely responsible for her diet, it just isn't your problem. You cannot control what goes in her mouth, but you do not have to reward irresponsible behavior by allowing her to manipulate you with it. [/QUOTE]
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