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Setting boundaries
Redhead Erin:
I think part of the issue with mine is, she can pull stuff on me that no one else is in a position to do. There is only one old, feeble, pathetic woman who raised me. Therefore she is the only one who can lay on the guilt like she does. "after all I have done for you" just doesn't make sense for anyone else.
sKePTiKal:
Blech! "after all I've done for you"...
like the dentist?
Guilty thoughts/feelings in reaction to guilt-trips are excellent fertilizer for growth, if you start to question and talk back to them.
BonesMS:
That old excuse from NWomb-Donors...."After all I've done for you...." REALLY, REALLY IRRITATES!!
Heard that identical line thrown at my NGCB because he DARED to announce he was leaving home and moving in with a roommate! The NWomb-Donor tried everything in her power to FORCE him to give up his plans to have a life INDEPENDENT of HER and stay with HER FOREVER! When that didn't work, then she tried to suck me into the middle of her sh*t!! (I was only 16!) I swear, it felt like watching a toddler throw a tantrum!!!!
Hopalong:
--- Quote ---Guilty thoughts/feelings in reaction to guilt-trips are excellent fertilizer for growth, if you start to question and talk back to them
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Hear, hear!
Thanks, PR...
xo
Hops
Redhead Erin:
Haha, PR--Yeah, exactly like the dentist! :lol:
We have not heard from her in like 2 weeks. My SIL invited her for Thanksgiving, so I had Ted call her--no answer. Sometimes she will not answer when I cal, but it has been a long time not to hear form her . . . Ted will try to call her again today, and if he doesn't get an answer, we are going to call the police fore a well-being check. Because I am NOT going to be manipulated into driving all the way to her house just to knock on her door.
However, I am worried about her dog.
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