Posted by Krazy Kat on November 14, 2001, at 14:53:23
In reply to Suggestions Requested: What To Do With Your Mother, posted by susan C on November 14, 2001, at 13:26:52
Susan:
Well, you must stand up for yourself, if only for fifteen minutes! ;)
She must be quite a go-getter to do all these things! My folks would just sit around the house with me and eat dip.
I'm in a different situation b/c I'm younger and have no children - my parents still see me as the baby and, until this year, did not treat me at all as a grown up. So I still defer to them a great deal, though with this illness I took a firm stand. When my dad suggested the meds working were just a placebo effect, I looked him straight in the eye and said "no." Somehow I was able to stay calm, and it all came out quite well.
What would you want your children to do? Although I know you're not judgemental. :) A large part of it is probably ignoring jibes and quips and staying on track. My mom used to make me very angry, b/c she knew how to get to me. But now, I let it go, and she eventually reigns in.
Does that help?
Good luck.
- K.
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