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Resentful feelings for having an unperfect kid. (looooong, whiny and stupid post)
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 536866" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>SuZir, I think you're onto something with this statement. Maybe this is as "normal" as your difficult child can manage to be at the moment.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, your difficult child sounds a lot like I was as a teen. Obsessively interested in the things that interested me, not really having much interest in things that didn't, unable or unwilling to go along with social conventions just because they were expected of me. The times that I did so, I did so grudgingly at best.</p><p></p><p>Here's an example:</p><p>When I graduated from university, not only did I skip the convocation ceremony, but I didn't tell my family that it was taking place until it was over (and too late for them to arrange the usual social fuss that goes along with such events). I didn't get a graduation photo, or even collect my diploma from the university office until 10 years later when I needed to provide it to my employer for their records. My mother was crushed that I didn't care to participate in such an important life milestone, but I didn't see any importance in it and couldn't understand why anyone else would want to bother. I still don't regret skipping graduation, but as an adult I have realized that sometimes it's important to go through a stupid social ritual that you hate just because it makes someone else happy and you want to make them happy. </p><p></p><p>Maybe your difficult child will get to that point someday as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 536866, member: 3907"] SuZir, I think you're onto something with this statement. Maybe this is as "normal" as your difficult child can manage to be at the moment. Honestly, your difficult child sounds a lot like I was as a teen. Obsessively interested in the things that interested me, not really having much interest in things that didn't, unable or unwilling to go along with social conventions just because they were expected of me. The times that I did so, I did so grudgingly at best. Here's an example: When I graduated from university, not only did I skip the convocation ceremony, but I didn't tell my family that it was taking place until it was over (and too late for them to arrange the usual social fuss that goes along with such events). I didn't get a graduation photo, or even collect my diploma from the university office until 10 years later when I needed to provide it to my employer for their records. My mother was crushed that I didn't care to participate in such an important life milestone, but I didn't see any importance in it and couldn't understand why anyone else would want to bother. I still don't regret skipping graduation, but as an adult I have realized that sometimes it's important to go through a stupid social ritual that you hate just because it makes someone else happy and you want to make them happy. Maybe your difficult child will get to that point someday as well. [/QUOTE]
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