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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 631068" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>OMG the ups and downs. My kid loves to call me and start in on how awful his life is. He has no friends, he has no life, he has no money, he has no belongings, he has no car (that's his) and he has nothing! Everyone wants something from him and he just can't take it anymore!!!!</p><p> </p><p>The poor baby.</p><p> </p><p>He yells and cries and acts like he's 10. He's punched holes in his door - and then wants us to just get over it.</p><p> </p><p>The other day I showed him a hole and said, "This is "I lied to you" - saying I'm sorry is like putting some spackle on it. It doesn't fix the damage. You <em>can</em> repair it, but it takes a lot of effort."</p><p> </p><p>Yeah...I don't think that really got through, but I thought it was pretty brilliant when I was saying it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p> </p><p>I sat him down last night - after another hour-long call over lunch - and told him "I'm done." I won't take any more calls like that at work. You upset me and then I can't get anything else done and I won't get fired because of you." Next time he starts in I'm going to repeat that and hang up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 631068, member: 17309"] OMG the ups and downs. My kid loves to call me and start in on how awful his life is. He has no friends, he has no life, he has no money, he has no belongings, he has no car (that's his) and he has nothing! Everyone wants something from him and he just can't take it anymore!!!! The poor baby. He yells and cries and acts like he's 10. He's punched holes in his door - and then wants us to just get over it. The other day I showed him a hole and said, "This is "I lied to you" - saying I'm sorry is like putting some spackle on it. It doesn't fix the damage. You [I]can[/I] repair it, but it takes a lot of effort." Yeah...I don't think that really got through, but I thought it was pretty brilliant when I was saying it. :p I sat him down last night - after another hour-long call over lunch - and told him "I'm done." I won't take any more calls like that at work. You upset me and then I can't get anything else done and I won't get fired because of you." Next time he starts in I'm going to repeat that and hang up. [/QUOTE]
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