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<blockquote data-quote="elizabrary" data-source="post: 478027" data-attributes="member: 11235"><p>And remember the old joke- How can you tell when an addict's lying? Her lips are moving! Don't feel too bad I think we've all been played multiple times by our difficult children. That's how these kids survive. They are master manipulators. If she starts calling and whining to you just hang up on her. And stick to your bottom line- no financial support if she doesn't stick with the program and she can't move home. Last year after my daughter had run off to another state with a man she had met on the internet two weeks before she called and told me if I wanted her to come home for Christmas I needed to send her the money. I laughed my head off and hung up the phone. Then I returned every present I had gotten her and spent the money on my dogs!!! The crazy part was she thought that was a reasonable request. They really don't get it, so we have to be able to maintain our boundaries (very hard!). Hang in there, I know this is very difficult.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elizabrary, post: 478027, member: 11235"] And remember the old joke- How can you tell when an addict's lying? Her lips are moving! Don't feel too bad I think we've all been played multiple times by our difficult children. That's how these kids survive. They are master manipulators. If she starts calling and whining to you just hang up on her. And stick to your bottom line- no financial support if she doesn't stick with the program and she can't move home. Last year after my daughter had run off to another state with a man she had met on the internet two weeks before she called and told me if I wanted her to come home for Christmas I needed to send her the money. I laughed my head off and hung up the phone. Then I returned every present I had gotten her and spent the money on my dogs!!! The crazy part was she thought that was a reasonable request. They really don't get it, so we have to be able to maintain our boundaries (very hard!). Hang in there, I know this is very difficult. [/QUOTE]
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