He said "It's hard for me to talk!!!" I said "I know, I was asking simple yes or no questions that you could nod or shake your head...." He said "Fairly soon, there that is not a yes or no question".
I thought he just said it was hard for him to talk?
he never really told me what he wanted from me except to leave him alone about the things that bothered me, not to nag him aobut drinking or video games or how else he may have chose to spend his time other than with me...
Who was I to H? We never enjoyed doing anything together....we sometimes played board games together or watched movies. That was it. Anytime I talked to him about doing stuff together, he'd balk. Stall. Get irritated. Sleep in. Ignore me. Play video games. Drink.
Just a thought. H seems to not have these problems getting along with the kids... is it because the kids don't expect anything from him other than for him to permit them to do what they want, IOW, they don't seek him to act like a responsible adult? He's free to do whatever he wants to do when he's with them?
H wants to be a kid?
Is that why he had his tonsils out? Just kidding.
So I wonder if instead of asking him if it was time to take his medicine, if instead you had said, "Would you like some ice cream with your medicine?", if his response would've been different?
