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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 659342" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>You're being very hard on yourself Gnat. It's not normal, everyday life being away from home and staying in a different place. We all act differently when we're out of our comfort zones. It's a bit like being on vacation, I do things I'd never do at home. It's entirely understandable that you wanted to spend time with Easy Child and Difficult Child. It's a shame that can't be combined, but time spent with several of my kids apart is often better than time spent with them together. I don't think you've gone 50 miles backwards just because you acted differently for a week when you were living in different circumstances. Probably the decision to not take the job and not live in their home town all the time was a good decision. A bit of physical distance helps with the emotional distance. I hope this visit will have been a learning experience. It does seem to have been. Maybe you'll go back home now and find the right road again, but be even stronger for your visit and the experience of opening the door and peeping into the world you know you can't live in full-time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 659342, member: 17650"] You're being very hard on yourself Gnat. It's not normal, everyday life being away from home and staying in a different place. We all act differently when we're out of our comfort zones. It's a bit like being on vacation, I do things I'd never do at home. It's entirely understandable that you wanted to spend time with Easy Child and Difficult Child. It's a shame that can't be combined, but time spent with several of my kids apart is often better than time spent with them together. I don't think you've gone 50 miles backwards just because you acted differently for a week when you were living in different circumstances. Probably the decision to not take the job and not live in their home town all the time was a good decision. A bit of physical distance helps with the emotional distance. I hope this visit will have been a learning experience. It does seem to have been. Maybe you'll go back home now and find the right road again, but be even stronger for your visit and the experience of opening the door and peeping into the world you know you can't live in full-time. [/QUOTE]
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