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Me again - easy child losing it because of difficult child....
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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 47000" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>Hi Mikey,</p><p>I totally agree with DDD--your easy child may seem fine but she suffers too with living with difficult child! My difficult child 2 was a easy child until difficult child 1 left for residential treatment. I thought difficult child 2 was the most stable, sensible person in our whole family, including me. I found out that she had been holding it together, trying to be the perfect child, trying not to cause any problems, trying to fix her sister, all this time. Also, it didn't help that she had just turned 13--teen girls are really a challenge--I would take teen boys any day over teen girls! (I do have a boy so I can compare).</p><p></p><p>My easy child son is 7 yrs older than difficult child 2 and he was never the protective, big brother sort of guy so she feels she has missed out on having that relationship. He is 23 now so he is nice to her but they aren't really close due to the age difference and also his personality--he is very private, keeps to himself. I have reported about difficult child 1 and gfg2s relationship in Parent Emeritus but it is dysfunctional as difficult child 2 was abusive to difficult child 1 when they were younger. difficult child 2 sometimes really feels bad that she doesn't have a "typical" family. She would love to have a family that acts like a family (like a tv family I guess).</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 47000, member: 3450"] Hi Mikey, I totally agree with DDD--your easy child may seem fine but she suffers too with living with difficult child! My difficult child 2 was a easy child until difficult child 1 left for residential treatment. I thought difficult child 2 was the most stable, sensible person in our whole family, including me. I found out that she had been holding it together, trying to be the perfect child, trying not to cause any problems, trying to fix her sister, all this time. Also, it didn't help that she had just turned 13--teen girls are really a challenge--I would take teen boys any day over teen girls! (I do have a boy so I can compare). My easy child son is 7 yrs older than difficult child 2 and he was never the protective, big brother sort of guy so she feels she has missed out on having that relationship. He is 23 now so he is nice to her but they aren't really close due to the age difference and also his personality--he is very private, keeps to himself. I have reported about difficult child 1 and gfg2s relationship in Parent Emeritus but it is dysfunctional as difficult child 2 was abusive to difficult child 1 when they were younger. difficult child 2 sometimes really feels bad that she doesn't have a "typical" family. She would love to have a family that acts like a family (like a tv family I guess). Good luck! Jane [/QUOTE]
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