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This really bugged me re: other people's perceptions
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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 253291" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>My husband was a family friend for years before he and I got married. He heard us all complain about life with difficult child 1. </p><p> </p><p>13 years or whatever later, he moved in. He experience life with difficult child first hand.</p><p> </p><p>One night he told me that he didn't really comprehend what life with difficult child was like, even tho he had by far the most information on it of anyone outside of our family. Then he said that he didn't think I <em>could </em>have said anything to have truly made him understand it.</p><p> </p><p>My husband is a pretty simple simon, but that statement seemed pretty profound to me. Nothing I could say to someone could even begin to cover what life with a difficult child is like.</p><p> </p><p>I realize how bad statments like you encountered hurts. If this is your friend, I'd gently explain it to her, let her know that even problem kids have parents who love them; or even try to explain it from the kid's perspective - how awful it must feel to be out of control like that. If not, I would take it with a grain of salt and try to focus on the fact that at least she is attempting to understand the dynamics of life in that type of household. I agree hearing that would be awful for a child; but at least she's acknowledging a very real problem. She's ahead of a lot of them out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 253291, member: 1848"] My husband was a family friend for years before he and I got married. He heard us all complain about life with difficult child 1. 13 years or whatever later, he moved in. He experience life with difficult child first hand. One night he told me that he didn't really comprehend what life with difficult child was like, even tho he had by far the most information on it of anyone outside of our family. Then he said that he didn't think I [I]could [/I]have said anything to have truly made him understand it. My husband is a pretty simple simon, but that statement seemed pretty profound to me. Nothing I could say to someone could even begin to cover what life with a difficult child is like. I realize how bad statments like you encountered hurts. If this is your friend, I'd gently explain it to her, let her know that even problem kids have parents who love them; or even try to explain it from the kid's perspective - how awful it must feel to be out of control like that. If not, I would take it with a grain of salt and try to focus on the fact that at least she is attempting to understand the dynamics of life in that type of household. I agree hearing that would be awful for a child; but at least she's acknowledging a very real problem. She's ahead of a lot of them out there. [/QUOTE]
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