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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 26803" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><span style='font-size: 11pt'>Camom, I wonder, also if what they define as love has anything to do with reality or if it's just a knee jerk statement that they think they are supposed to use. For the most part I always felt that if I fell off the planet, it would be an inconvenience to my difficult child but no real loss. He is affectionate and I know it hurts him to see me unhappy or disappointed but he just doesn't get it. The behaviors repeat themselves over and over.</p><p>He doesn't call me horrid names or curse and for the most part he doesn't steal. (I have a change I collect from the washing machine in a jar, for the kids for emergencies. He emptied it recently. He was told that he may not do that without clearing it with me. It isn't his. I think he was surprised. He thinks what's mine is his too. Imagine! </p><p>Love isn't supposed to hurt. Talk is cheap. Our difficult children are masters at the empty words. It's sad but it's as Suz says, it's a byproduct of their mental illness or as I like to call it their "brain wrinkle". </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 26803, member: 3"] <span style='font-size: 11pt'>Camom, I wonder, also if what they define as love has anything to do with reality or if it's just a knee jerk statement that they think they are supposed to use. For the most part I always felt that if I fell off the planet, it would be an inconvenience to my difficult child but no real loss. He is affectionate and I know it hurts him to see me unhappy or disappointed but he just doesn't get it. The behaviors repeat themselves over and over. He doesn't call me horrid names or curse and for the most part he doesn't steal. (I have a change I collect from the washing machine in a jar, for the kids for emergencies. He emptied it recently. He was told that he may not do that without clearing it with me. It isn't his. I think he was surprised. He thinks what's mine is his too. Imagine! Love isn't supposed to hurt. Talk is cheap. Our difficult children are masters at the empty words. It's sad but it's as Suz says, it's a byproduct of their mental illness or as I like to call it their "brain wrinkle". </span> [/QUOTE]
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