Claire, we were thinking of one another at the same time!!! I just finished a post on your thread.
I have plans with friends tomorrow day and tomorrow evening. Fun stuff on Saturday with the kids, several options. Lots of laundry running through my new machines.
My poor parents have been through the mill the last few months between my H, my little brother's family court crisis, and their own impending move. They are not good at coping with trouble, they are highly interfering, and they don't have a ton of compassion for others. (My mom told me a couple of weeks ago how to buy light bulbs. I'm *42* years old!!) they are loving but very easily offended and bad communicators. From age 15 to age 21 I struggled fiercely with my frustrations and then at 22 decided I could be right or I could have a family. Pretty mature, right? Except that "having a family" to me meant "just shut up and take whatever." Which works fine in good times and horribly in bad times.
Gee, I wonder why my marriage is struggling?
I hesitated before I asked her to take down the post but decided it was more direct than fretting over it. I see I should have let it be but I was trying to be healthier. So healthier will have to be expressed differently with them. I'm learning.
Me42, H40 D12, S8, S7 A revealed: 7/13 Sep 4/14; Agreed to D 1/15
