I'm with your father.

Why in the world would you want all of this CRAP back in your life, John? You are (were?) doing SO MUCH BETTER without her!

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How do you make someone understand something without being overbearing and insensitive? I want her to understand that I will not reward bad behavior.


But you DO.
You've gotten intermittently better at it over the past six months, but you ultimately let her back in with her crap behavior anyway, so you have "taught" her to treat you this way. Can't you see??? (NOTE TO MODS: We need a "head banging against wall" emoticon!)

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