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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 205034" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Oh, I am so sorry.</p><p> </p><p>You've gotten some great advice, and already acted on it.</p><p> </p><p>I'd go alone. It's still your neice's day. </p><p> </p><p>I'd keep your brother's drug use out of it. Otherwise, it's going to sound like t*t-for-tat. He won't understand.</p><p>In fact, I'd keep him out of a lot of conversations, as well as with-your mom. I've got a friend who doesn't have kids, and to whom I told way too many things about my difficult child, and now I regret it, because she hates him. </p><p>I rarely talk about him any more to her, and when I do, it's always something positive.</p><p>It works better for both of us, but it was a bitter pill for me to swallow. It's always hard to understand how someone can love a child who is supposedly so unloveable. You know that old expression, "A face only a mother can love."</p><p> </p><p>It's great that your son made that comment. He is learning. </p><p> </p><p>My little sister has a daughter, C, who was into very hard drugs for yrs. One of our older sisters told her not to bring C for Christmas, because "She's trouble." I don't think my little sister will every forgive her. Big sister invited us all this summer, and also for Christmas, and didn't get any takers. Hmmm...</p><p>It can work both ways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 205034, member: 3419"] Oh, I am so sorry. You've gotten some great advice, and already acted on it. I'd go alone. It's still your neice's day. I'd keep your brother's drug use out of it. Otherwise, it's going to sound like t*t-for-tat. He won't understand. In fact, I'd keep him out of a lot of conversations, as well as with-your mom. I've got a friend who doesn't have kids, and to whom I told way too many things about my difficult child, and now I regret it, because she hates him. I rarely talk about him any more to her, and when I do, it's always something positive. It works better for both of us, but it was a bitter pill for me to swallow. It's always hard to understand how someone can love a child who is supposedly so unloveable. You know that old expression, "A face only a mother can love." It's great that your son made that comment. He is learning. My little sister has a daughter, C, who was into very hard drugs for yrs. One of our older sisters told her not to bring C for Christmas, because "She's trouble." I don't think my little sister will every forgive her. Big sister invited us all this summer, and also for Christmas, and didn't get any takers. Hmmm... It can work both ways. [/QUOTE]
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