She texted me a few times and even a photo of her nature walk "I needed to take a stress day (because of our painful sitch WAW said...obviously)..its such a hard time for me..." exactly like the WAW script right Sandi? Wanting me to support her in this? yeah right. I did respond with only "K" "see ya later" which must have thrown her off as I am quite words (as you can tell :P )
A good validation is mirroring back what they say...for example, "I am sure this is a hard time for you...I am glad you're out for a walk. Good for you!"
No injecting yourself in the process or injecting your thoughts. Just neutral. See? That is what validation is all about.
Tomorrow we share with inLaws so I am self managing my stress levels now and putting together a post "look after me" plan so I only lose it when I am by myself away from that conversation.
What are your thoughts? What do you plan to say to the ILs? You need to think this one out before you meet with them.
How do you plan to get yourself centered before the meeting?
