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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 425926" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>I think I do know how you feel. My kids are grown now and we have come to a peaceful place but when I was fighting WW III with them on a daily basis just trying to keep us all alive and out of jail, I can't say I liked them much. I guess I always thought I loved them; I just knew I didn't like them. difficult child 1 has grown into a reasonable human being and I actually enjoy being around him (most of the time). difficult child 2 is still insane part of the time but I am no longer totally responsible for him so I can ignore a lot of his doo-doo. With our kids, whether they are biological or otherwise, you just do the best you can with what you have to work with and let the outcome be what it is. You feel what you feel. How can anyone fault us for not being all lovey-dovey with kids who hit us, swear at us, go out of their way to wound us emotionally, and generally do their darndest to make our lives miserable? THe fact that we still care about them at all and keep trying to do what we can makes us pretty good mothers in my book. I hope that, as they get older, yours will come to the sort of place mine have reached where you all can call a truce and at least attempt to be your own version of a semi-happy family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 425926, member: 135"] I think I do know how you feel. My kids are grown now and we have come to a peaceful place but when I was fighting WW III with them on a daily basis just trying to keep us all alive and out of jail, I can't say I liked them much. I guess I always thought I loved them; I just knew I didn't like them. difficult child 1 has grown into a reasonable human being and I actually enjoy being around him (most of the time). difficult child 2 is still insane part of the time but I am no longer totally responsible for him so I can ignore a lot of his doo-doo. With our kids, whether they are biological or otherwise, you just do the best you can with what you have to work with and let the outcome be what it is. You feel what you feel. How can anyone fault us for not being all lovey-dovey with kids who hit us, swear at us, go out of their way to wound us emotionally, and generally do their darndest to make our lives miserable? THe fact that we still care about them at all and keep trying to do what we can makes us pretty good mothers in my book. I hope that, as they get older, yours will come to the sort of place mine have reached where you all can call a truce and at least attempt to be your own version of a semi-happy family. [/QUOTE]
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