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I feel no love for him - how can that be...
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 717554" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Southern women are just wonderful! The rest of the world hears polite when what they are really saying is so rude and it all is in the tone of voice. I just love it too! Until we moved to the South, I thought only my mother could do nasty nice. She gets so polite and nice and never raises her voice and boy are you in too deep for hip waders then. </p><p></p><p>Take some time and write out a list of things to reply to your son. Keep copies of that list where you most often sit and by your bed and in your car. Wherever you most often are. Then when he texts or calls, pull out the list, pick a reply, and send it. It saves having to think about what to say and it really does help. Lots of us have found that this is a HUGE help in the moment with our difficult kids. </p><p></p><p>If you don't have some sweet saying, give him something low energy, like "oh, really?" or "that's interesting" or "hmmm". Even "I need to think about that". something that really means nothing and that he cannot really feed off of. It will also drive him crazy and will help you. In time he won't contact you any longer either because he won't get his conflama fix from you. He will fight with his girlfriend instead. Or with her parents. That will be FAR more fun than boring old Mom and Dad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 717554, member: 1233"] Southern women are just wonderful! The rest of the world hears polite when what they are really saying is so rude and it all is in the tone of voice. I just love it too! Until we moved to the South, I thought only my mother could do nasty nice. She gets so polite and nice and never raises her voice and boy are you in too deep for hip waders then. Take some time and write out a list of things to reply to your son. Keep copies of that list where you most often sit and by your bed and in your car. Wherever you most often are. Then when he texts or calls, pull out the list, pick a reply, and send it. It saves having to think about what to say and it really does help. Lots of us have found that this is a HUGE help in the moment with our difficult kids. If you don't have some sweet saying, give him something low energy, like "oh, really?" or "that's interesting" or "hmmm". Even "I need to think about that". something that really means nothing and that he cannot really feed off of. It will also drive him crazy and will help you. In time he won't contact you any longer either because he won't get his conflama fix from you. He will fight with his girlfriend instead. Or with her parents. That will be FAR more fun than boring old Mom and Dad. [/QUOTE]
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