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<blockquote data-quote="SeekingStrength" data-source="post: 665250" data-attributes="member: 17635"><p>Thank you, Copa, for your thoughtful response. I read it through three times.</p><p></p><p>Difficult Child is 34yo. 17 years of this talk. We know exactly what he wants; he has told us numerous times. He wants us to admit everything is our fault. Until we learned about gaslighting, we admitted a lot. It is never enough, because he demands "reparations".</p><p></p><p>How many times have we told him that we made mistakes? Many, many times. husband said those exact words to him last night. And, Difficult Child responds with, <em>No, No, you need to admit this is on you.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>He chooses not to show us respect. Difficult Child chooses not to be nice to us. He wants to make all the "rules". (Really, he wants money).</p><p></p><p>We never (at least in the last couple years since finding this forum) bring up any of the things he did to us - cursed at us, spit in his dad's face, stole from us, used drugs in our house, terrorized his siblings, lied to us, lied to family members, etc. etc. etc.</p><p></p><p>Thank you again for your thoughtful response. in my humble opinion we are waving a white flag, on the condition he is nice to us. That idea is totally unacceptable to him. Difficult Child wants things the way they used to be. He treats us like crap and we try to fix it for him.</p><p></p><p>I realize I am venting. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I do appreciate a different angle. Five to ten years ago, I might well have agreed.</p><p></p><p>SS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeekingStrength, post: 665250, member: 17635"] Thank you, Copa, for your thoughtful response. I read it through three times. Difficult Child is 34yo. 17 years of this talk. We know exactly what he wants; he has told us numerous times. He wants us to admit everything is our fault. Until we learned about gaslighting, we admitted a lot. It is never enough, because he demands "reparations". How many times have we told him that we made mistakes? Many, many times. husband said those exact words to him last night. And, Difficult Child responds with, [I]No, No, you need to admit this is on you. [/I] He chooses not to show us respect. Difficult Child chooses not to be nice to us. He wants to make all the "rules". (Really, he wants money). We never (at least in the last couple years since finding this forum) bring up any of the things he did to us - cursed at us, spit in his dad's face, stole from us, used drugs in our house, terrorized his siblings, lied to us, lied to family members, etc. etc. etc. Thank you again for your thoughtful response. in my humble opinion we are waving a white flag, on the condition he is nice to us. That idea is totally unacceptable to him. Difficult Child wants things the way they used to be. He treats us like crap and we try to fix it for him. I realize I am venting. :( I do appreciate a different angle. Five to ten years ago, I might well have agreed. SS [/QUOTE]
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