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<blockquote data-quote="Pookybear66" data-source="post: 198567" data-attributes="member: 5957"><p>Good to hear everyone is dong well o nthis Sunday afternoon/early evening. Timer lady-I also do genealogy, so your husband and I have something in common.</p><p></p><p>Today found my ds(difficult child 1) at odds with me. But before he got "grumpy" with me he got insulted by my dad. My mom + dad were over and we had asked my dad to help us fix up our VCR because when we got high-speed cable they didn't set it up correctly. Well anyway, my dad was workin on it and DS having a vested interest in getting it to work so he could watch his Star Wars movies again, tried to offer suggestions. He said something like "Just turn it to channel 3 and it will work". That was the way it USED to work but now didn't. </p><p>My dad, not realizing the sensitive way these things need to be addressed, said something like "You don't know what you're talking about. I don't need your help." Well, if you've ever seen a person with hurt feelings. This was MAJOR hurt feelings! He went to his room and balled his eyes out for a minute or two before I got there to do damage control. Then we calmed down. I told him Grandpa doesn't know how to say things nicely sometimes and was already trying his own ideas.</p><p>Then we went to speak to Grandpa and I tried to convey that he had hurt DS's feelings and DS just wanted to offer his advice. Grandpa apologized and again stated that he knew what he was doing. DS was okay but confused as to why Grandpa had to be like that. Anyway, he forgot it about it after a while. </p><p>Later, he decided he wanted to play on the computer. I told him he had to do a "learning thing" first. This meant he had to read for 15min or write a story. 2 things which he HATES to do. So he begged me all day and I stuck it out and told him no he had to do his learning things first. Finally he gave up and didn't do either work OR computer. Agg, I hate rainy weekends!! We didn't want to go out to do anything, and there was nothing to do inside either. They didn't want to play with toys or nothing. SO GLAD TOMORROW IS MONDAY AND SCHOOL AGAIN!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pookybear66, post: 198567, member: 5957"] Good to hear everyone is dong well o nthis Sunday afternoon/early evening. Timer lady-I also do genealogy, so your husband and I have something in common. Today found my ds(difficult child 1) at odds with me. But before he got "grumpy" with me he got insulted by my dad. My mom + dad were over and we had asked my dad to help us fix up our VCR because when we got high-speed cable they didn't set it up correctly. Well anyway, my dad was workin on it and DS having a vested interest in getting it to work so he could watch his Star Wars movies again, tried to offer suggestions. He said something like "Just turn it to channel 3 and it will work". That was the way it USED to work but now didn't. My dad, not realizing the sensitive way these things need to be addressed, said something like "You don't know what you're talking about. I don't need your help." Well, if you've ever seen a person with hurt feelings. This was MAJOR hurt feelings! He went to his room and balled his eyes out for a minute or two before I got there to do damage control. Then we calmed down. I told him Grandpa doesn't know how to say things nicely sometimes and was already trying his own ideas. Then we went to speak to Grandpa and I tried to convey that he had hurt DS's feelings and DS just wanted to offer his advice. Grandpa apologized and again stated that he knew what he was doing. DS was okay but confused as to why Grandpa had to be like that. Anyway, he forgot it about it after a while. Later, he decided he wanted to play on the computer. I told him he had to do a "learning thing" first. This meant he had to read for 15min or write a story. 2 things which he HATES to do. So he begged me all day and I stuck it out and told him no he had to do his learning things first. Finally he gave up and didn't do either work OR computer. Agg, I hate rainy weekends!! We didn't want to go out to do anything, and there was nothing to do inside either. They didn't want to play with toys or nothing. SO GLAD TOMORROW IS MONDAY AND SCHOOL AGAIN!! [/QUOTE]
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