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How do you handle clueless questions about your difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="dashcat" data-source="post: 374175" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>I am fortunate to have a wide support system. My close friends and my family know the story of my difficult child. </p><p> </p><p>Since she wasn't always a difficult child AND since she is a supreme actress and maniuplator, most people in real life have no clue what we're going through. </p><p> </p><p>I cannot seem to go anywhere without running into somebody who will ask "How's difficult child?" If I say "fine" (which is a lie at the present time) invariably the next question is "Is she getting ready to go back to school"? I do not reply: No, she walked away from school in the middle of the last semester to live with a guy, who she met on the internet, in another state. I usually try "no, that didn't work out" at which time I am treated to a bunch of platitudes about "Oh, she'll figure it out, my son did that and now he's an astrophysicist"</p><p> </p><p>It's further compilcated by the fact that I just moved back to my home following a terrible fire that took place in October,. Thank God she wasn't here (she was at college), the other question I'm asked constantly (this is a smallish community) is "Does she like being back home?" I do not say "Well, no. She moved into a motel with another internet dude and then back with her dad and she is currently pretending I don't exist." Instead I try "well, she's with her dad" where I am again treated to either more questions "how could she leave that beautiful house? you mean you're there all alone? (well not by choice, dufus) or - my favorite "she'll be back."</p><p> </p><p>How do you handle this? I'm not ashamed of my difficult child and I miss her more than I can say , yet I am not about to launch into the story in a social setting. I want to be truthful and I don't want advice. </p><p> </p><p>Dash</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 374175, member: 9175"] I am fortunate to have a wide support system. My close friends and my family know the story of my difficult child. Since she wasn't always a difficult child AND since she is a supreme actress and maniuplator, most people in real life have no clue what we're going through. I cannot seem to go anywhere without running into somebody who will ask "How's difficult child?" If I say "fine" (which is a lie at the present time) invariably the next question is "Is she getting ready to go back to school"? I do not reply: No, she walked away from school in the middle of the last semester to live with a guy, who she met on the internet, in another state. I usually try "no, that didn't work out" at which time I am treated to a bunch of platitudes about "Oh, she'll figure it out, my son did that and now he's an astrophysicist" It's further compilcated by the fact that I just moved back to my home following a terrible fire that took place in October,. Thank God she wasn't here (she was at college), the other question I'm asked constantly (this is a smallish community) is "Does she like being back home?" I do not say "Well, no. She moved into a motel with another internet dude and then back with her dad and she is currently pretending I don't exist." Instead I try "well, she's with her dad" where I am again treated to either more questions "how could she leave that beautiful house? you mean you're there all alone? (well not by choice, dufus) or - my favorite "she'll be back." How do you handle this? I'm not ashamed of my difficult child and I miss her more than I can say , yet I am not about to launch into the story in a social setting. I want to be truthful and I don't want advice. Dash [/QUOTE]
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