1. Work hard to be outgoing and upbeat with all of the sometimes-challenging family members in my life - W, D15, my parents, my brothers, her parents, her brother. DB EVERYBODY!
LOL! Oh, Rob, I soooo get it. SIL and her family are here for the next few days, and SIL is the center of the universe...
Anyway, let me suggest a tool I learned about in a writing for personal growth class I'm taking. It's called a Rampage of Appreciation. What you do is sit down and write about all the things you appreciate, admire and respect about a particular person you're having difficulties with. It helps you refocus your energy on that person's positive qualities. Does it work? All I can say is I did that for SIL before I saw her on the 4th, and I had a great time with her. H said she made a few typical remarks and rolled her eyes at him (they're VERY different people), but I totally missed all of that. I came home happy, and H came home annoyed.....
Just a thought. Have fun! Choose your reality!
SD
Me: 40 H: 43 H had EA from 2/06-9/06 Bomb 5/06 Piecing since 9/2006 3/2008: Boundary setting 7/2009: Boundary crossing~dropped my own bomb. 8/2010: Marriage finally on track!
