So what else is new. Our Difficult Child was with us for a few days during the holidays. We visit with our easy child son and his family. Difficult Child joined us for part of this time to spend Christmas with us.
She has a good heart, but was moody and her behaviors and actions are taxing. She is in her late twenties.
Thoughts on how you might handle odd behaviors:
Eating crazy amounts of food, two huge breakfast meals, a full meal at 3 am, multiple desserts and then complaining bitterly about indigestion and overweight. Not allowed to say a word about her eating habits possibly being the cause. Otherwise she blows up. Husband says best to shut up. She is adopted and has a family history of diabetes. This won't end well.
easy child son throws out old Xmas decorations. She was asked if she would like them for sentimental reasons. She says no. But, then Gets them out of trash and insists we save them for her.
Wears shirt so small it shows her belly and breasts. Asked if we can buy her a new shirt, she says no and her shirt looks fine.
Stays for three or four days...had to ask her multiple times to take a bath, agreed to do it one time.
Are these behaviors you see with your Difficult Child ? Any experience? Not a bad person at all, but can be argumentative, oppositional, defiant, very taxing. Etc.
What I tend to do is ignore as much as possible and chose to be happy. Of course, it is much easier to do when I know she is going to leave soon.
She has a good heart, but was moody and her behaviors and actions are taxing. She is in her late twenties.
Thoughts on how you might handle odd behaviors:
Eating crazy amounts of food, two huge breakfast meals, a full meal at 3 am, multiple desserts and then complaining bitterly about indigestion and overweight. Not allowed to say a word about her eating habits possibly being the cause. Otherwise she blows up. Husband says best to shut up. She is adopted and has a family history of diabetes. This won't end well.
easy child son throws out old Xmas decorations. She was asked if she would like them for sentimental reasons. She says no. But, then Gets them out of trash and insists we save them for her.
Wears shirt so small it shows her belly and breasts. Asked if we can buy her a new shirt, she says no and her shirt looks fine.
Stays for three or four days...had to ask her multiple times to take a bath, agreed to do it one time.
Are these behaviors you see with your Difficult Child ? Any experience? Not a bad person at all, but can be argumentative, oppositional, defiant, very taxing. Etc.
What I tend to do is ignore as much as possible and chose to be happy. Of course, it is much easier to do when I know she is going to leave soon.