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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 130151" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Some good ideas. She's at work at the moment, plus I have to go out in about five minutes (after a quick shower and hair wash). I'll talk to her about it when she gets home. This time I'll try and draw BF2 into it, he needs to know what he's buying into here. She is HIS problem too.</p><p></p><p>I do let my kids find things out for themselves, if they break the rules. For example, we don't allow the kids to eat in their bedrooms or in the living room, but I found a lot of cola bottles (empty) under the coffee table and the living room is fast-disappearing under difficult child 1's crud, while HE complains I don't keep a tidy house! </p><p>easy child 2/difficult child 2 has been buying blocks of chocolate and taking them into the spare room/sleepout she occupies with BF2. Yesterday I saw a plastic container of chocolate sitting on top of the bin, crawling with ants. This has happened to her before, but the ants will be contained to THEIR (the kids) space. They broke the rules, they have to deal with the ants. Not My Problem.</p><p></p><p>Scrapbooking - I shudder at the mess she will create, and not clean up. Maybe she can join BF2's hobby/work of painting figurines. Bonsai - she would need a forest to deal with all that energy. And she never has the energy to water them (besides, it's exercise and makes her feel sick) so I would have to do it. We can only use the hose on Wednesday evenings and Sunday evenings, other times it's watering can & bucket, filled form the rainwater tank.</p><p></p><p>Showers - water again. As it is, she showers for so long we lose all hot water. I'll add it to the list though, as something she already does.</p><p></p><p>She's a very sensual creature (too sensual for our comfort - "round heels" is how husband describes it) and I'm hoping I can get her to maybe dabble in some aromatherapy.</p><p></p><p>I just wish I could convince her specialist that this is screaming "Aspergers" at me. Her need to control everyone around her; her extreme obsessiveness which gets worse the more stressed she gets; the degree of stress she feels for minimal provocation; the face blindness; the incredibly high IQ that is going to waste here.</p><p></p><p>I'd better dash, I'm going to be late. It'll have to be a two minute shower. But I grew up in the country, with camp showers. I can do it.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 130151, member: 1991"] Some good ideas. She's at work at the moment, plus I have to go out in about five minutes (after a quick shower and hair wash). I'll talk to her about it when she gets home. This time I'll try and draw BF2 into it, he needs to know what he's buying into here. She is HIS problem too. I do let my kids find things out for themselves, if they break the rules. For example, we don't allow the kids to eat in their bedrooms or in the living room, but I found a lot of cola bottles (empty) under the coffee table and the living room is fast-disappearing under difficult child 1's crud, while HE complains I don't keep a tidy house! easy child 2/difficult child 2 has been buying blocks of chocolate and taking them into the spare room/sleepout she occupies with BF2. Yesterday I saw a plastic container of chocolate sitting on top of the bin, crawling with ants. This has happened to her before, but the ants will be contained to THEIR (the kids) space. They broke the rules, they have to deal with the ants. Not My Problem. Scrapbooking - I shudder at the mess she will create, and not clean up. Maybe she can join BF2's hobby/work of painting figurines. Bonsai - she would need a forest to deal with all that energy. And she never has the energy to water them (besides, it's exercise and makes her feel sick) so I would have to do it. We can only use the hose on Wednesday evenings and Sunday evenings, other times it's watering can & bucket, filled form the rainwater tank. Showers - water again. As it is, she showers for so long we lose all hot water. I'll add it to the list though, as something she already does. She's a very sensual creature (too sensual for our comfort - "round heels" is how husband describes it) and I'm hoping I can get her to maybe dabble in some aromatherapy. I just wish I could convince her specialist that this is screaming "Aspergers" at me. Her need to control everyone around her; her extreme obsessiveness which gets worse the more stressed she gets; the degree of stress she feels for minimal provocation; the face blindness; the incredibly high IQ that is going to waste here. I'd better dash, I'm going to be late. It'll have to be a two minute shower. But I grew up in the country, with camp showers. I can do it. Marg [/QUOTE]
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