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Fall Follies with difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 320579" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Thanks everyone. Sometimes I just have to check in to make sure that I'm not being overly hard nosed. I usually fall into the role of the "tough" one, but sometimes I wonder if I'm being too tough.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Star, thanks for this thought. You're so right. And worse, how often do we fall for it when we find the rat back through the maze and we just say, "Hi difficult child, how's it going?" as if nothing's wrong.</p><p></p><p>I fell headlong into that myself last night.</p><p></p><p>husband was being so firm with difficult child earlier that I let my guard down. difficult child phoned about 9 or 10 times yesterday, and husband took all the calls. At one point, husband put difficult child on speakerphone...I thought he just wanted to say good night to the babies, which he often does, but no...all of a sudden it's "Hi Mom. I love you. Blah blah blah..." </p><p></p><p>I don't appreciate that husband undermined my position that way, but I also didn't stand up for myself by refusing to participate in the conversation. How do they manage to draw us in, every time?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 320579, member: 3907"] Thanks everyone. Sometimes I just have to check in to make sure that I'm not being overly hard nosed. I usually fall into the role of the "tough" one, but sometimes I wonder if I'm being too tough. Star, thanks for this thought. You're so right. And worse, how often do we fall for it when we find the rat back through the maze and we just say, "Hi difficult child, how's it going?" as if nothing's wrong. I fell headlong into that myself last night. husband was being so firm with difficult child earlier that I let my guard down. difficult child phoned about 9 or 10 times yesterday, and husband took all the calls. At one point, husband put difficult child on speakerphone...I thought he just wanted to say good night to the babies, which he often does, but no...all of a sudden it's "Hi Mom. I love you. Blah blah blah..." I don't appreciate that husband undermined my position that way, but I also didn't stand up for myself by refusing to participate in the conversation. How do they manage to draw us in, every time? [/QUOTE]
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