Pa's dad died

[Truebluemom]

So sorry Ma and Pa.  Sometimes no good deed goes unpunished.   

[anne]

(((((((((((((Ma and Pa)))))))))))))
No advice.  Just know that Dh and I understand.
 
anne

[MaKettle]

Well she did it again.  We don't take phone calls after 9PM unless it's a bonafide emergency.  DD called at 9:02PM last night to wish us a Merry Christmas & I hung up on her.  Now she looks like the good daughter & I look like the mean mom.

Nothing has changed...yet.

[anne]

Good daughters respect their parents' wishes.
Good daughters don't wait until it's that late on Christmas Day to call and wish you a Merry Christmas.
Good daughters care about their parents' feelings MORE than their own.
Good daughters are still living at home.
Good daughters don't send their parents' to this forum. (though we are kind of nice to hang out with!!!)
Good daughters understand that Christmas is about God, and not themselves.

Good Moms set boundaries.
Good Moms reinforce them.
Good Moms love their daughters enough to say, 'No.' - even when it's hard.
Good Moms care enough to hurt when they have to remain firm.
Good Moms are hard to come by.
Good Moms are to be appreciated.
Good Mom is EXACTLY what you are!!! 

Your sticker chart is full - grab Pa and go do something nice for each other .... um, if it's cuddling, we don't need to know!!! 
Merry Christmas, Ma and Pa.
 
anne

[justine]

(((((Ma))))))   You just described my whole week with dd23....every request ignored.  Every deadline "misunderstood".   

She looks like a sweetheart.  I smell like a rotting rosebush.

to whom?....only to her.  only to them.

Go, run!   ditto everything that Anne said!!

[blessingsindisguise]

This is the drip, drip, drip that others will never understand.

Sigh.

Thinking of you.

blessings