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<blockquote data-quote="200Meters" data-source="post: 756353" data-attributes="member: 23727"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am in awe that you had the will and self-control not to say "You know, you are a pathetic human being." Wow. I don't think I could have withstood the test.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree but their behavior (Josh's, Oldest's Youngest's, Kay's, everyone else's difficult kids) does not give them the right to act and/or speak like boors. I could care less about how much Youngest / Josh / Kay / etc. may be hurting inside; they cannot speak to Mrs. 200Meters & I / Beta / BusynMember / etc. like they have sometimes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yup. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yup. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Why are they unable to do better than they're doing? I'll speak to Oldest & Youngest. Apart from their ADD/ADHD (which can't become the default excuse / justification for the yawning gap between their appetites and the state of their teeth, figuratively speaking), it's because they're some or all of the following in varying degrees: Lazy, self-centered, self-indulgent and shortsighted.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed. But...</p><p></p><p>When we are treated so offensively & so hurtfully, it is hard to be empathetic. I am no glutton for abuse and tend to lose interest.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I dunno about the adoption-genetics thing. I've got some pretty messed up stuff in my genetic history which, thank G-d, I cannot pass on to Oldest & Youngest. Who knows, if they had been our biological kids, they might have turned out worse.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ditto. Our flat is awash in books, all of them ours.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Ahem</strong></span></em></p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ditto x 2</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="200Meters, post: 756353, member: 23727"] :eek: I am in awe that you had the will and self-control not to say "You know, you are a pathetic human being." Wow. I don't think I could have withstood the test. I agree but their behavior (Josh's, Oldest's Youngest's, Kay's, everyone else's difficult kids) does not give them the right to act and/or speak like boors. I could care less about how much Youngest / Josh / Kay / etc. may be hurting inside; they cannot speak to Mrs. 200Meters & I / Beta / BusynMember / etc. like they have sometimes. Yup. :( Yup. :( Why are they unable to do better than they're doing? I'll speak to Oldest & Youngest. Apart from their ADD/ADHD (which can't become the default excuse / justification for the yawning gap between their appetites and the state of their teeth, figuratively speaking), it's because they're some or all of the following in varying degrees: Lazy, self-centered, self-indulgent and shortsighted. Agreed. But... When we are treated so offensively & so hurtfully, it is hard to be empathetic. I am no glutton for abuse and tend to lose interest. :( I dunno about the adoption-genetics thing. I've got some pretty messed up stuff in my genetic history which, thank G-d, I cannot pass on to Oldest & Youngest. Who knows, if they had been our biological kids, they might have turned out worse. Ditto. Our flat is awash in books, all of them ours. [I][SIZE=6][B]Ahem[/B][/SIZE][/I] :D Ditto x 2 [/QUOTE]
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