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My friends and their "perfect children" are making me jealous!
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<blockquote data-quote="Tiapet" data-source="post: 518741" data-attributes="member: 455"><p>You know, after reading several of the replies I got to thinking about the most hurtful brags. A family member, sister, who knows my difficult child's issues. When my oldest did really well for all those years and went off to college. She never acknowledged her graduation let alone that it was great that she actually had made it into college and for what she was doing. But let it be know that "her" child who was also a difficult child but no real mental health issues, to her) graduated (and I did for him) and went to college and graduated with high honors and now has this really fantastic job, etc. OMW! You <em>never </em>hear the end of it. Instead you just keep hearing how awful my difficult children are and what "she" would do if they were hers!</p><p></p><p>Really?!! How judgmental is this from your own family member, not even a friend. I have no other sibling. It's very sad to me and hence while I may have a sister we are very distant and don't really speak unless and until she "needs" something of me.</p><p></p><p>This and also due to so many friends and strangers alike being judgmental is how I have learned to appreciate my difficult children for who and what they are and can do instead of what they can't do; even though the may put my life in total chaos.</p><p></p><p>I will still say, you have a right to how you feel entirely and can understand why you would not want your kids at the place you work to provide some distance from it for yourself as well as why you react the way you do to their posting. There is no mandate that you must respond in any manner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiapet, post: 518741, member: 455"] You know, after reading several of the replies I got to thinking about the most hurtful brags. A family member, sister, who knows my difficult child's issues. When my oldest did really well for all those years and went off to college. She never acknowledged her graduation let alone that it was great that she actually had made it into college and for what she was doing. But let it be know that "her" child who was also a difficult child but no real mental health issues, to her) graduated (and I did for him) and went to college and graduated with high honors and now has this really fantastic job, etc. OMW! You [I]never [/I]hear the end of it. Instead you just keep hearing how awful my difficult children are and what "she" would do if they were hers! Really?!! How judgmental is this from your own family member, not even a friend. I have no other sibling. It's very sad to me and hence while I may have a sister we are very distant and don't really speak unless and until she "needs" something of me. This and also due to so many friends and strangers alike being judgmental is how I have learned to appreciate my difficult children for who and what they are and can do instead of what they can't do; even though the may put my life in total chaos. I will still say, you have a right to how you feel entirely and can understand why you would not want your kids at the place you work to provide some distance from it for yourself as well as why you react the way you do to their posting. There is no mandate that you must respond in any manner. [/QUOTE]
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