Here's my confession. I love my SS with all my heart but sometimes I don't like him. Sometimes I don't like being around him. When he acts like a total nasty brat I don't like being around him. He's become very manipulative lately. I don't like that side of him. I know he's a kid and this is what kids do but I really don't like spending time with him when all he wants to do is whine and complain and pout and talk about how much fun his other house is because he gets to do whatever he wants there.
I don't blame you, NJN. I'm what I consider to be a very compassionate person, sometimes too much (thus the 'wash that man' thread, LOL) but I never had children and I find myself being less than patient with them when they're not being lovable. I admire what you're doing with SS and I admire all the other moms on the board, too. I know it isn't easy.
Here's my confession. I love my SS with all my heart but sometimes I don't like him. Sometimes I don't like being around him. When he acts like a total nasty brat I don't like being around him. He's become very manipulative lately. I don't like that side of him. I know he's a kid and this is what kids do but I really don't like spending time with him when all he wants to do is whine and complain and pout and talk about how much fun his other house is because he gets to do whatever he wants there.
I don't blame you, NJN. I'm what I consider to be a very compassionate person, sometimes too much (thus the 'wash that man' thread, LOL) but I never had children and I find myself being less than patient with them when they're not being lovable. I admire what you're doing with SS and I admire all the other moms on the board, too. I know it isn't easy.
I just hate actually saying it sometimes because it makes me sound so mean, selfish, and hateful. I'm really NOT that way at all.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
NJN I think we all have days where we feel like our kids aren't fun to be around. I don't blame you at all for feeling that way.
DD is acting especially teenagery today and I am not enjoying her either. It's because it's the end of break, and she doesn't transition well. She never has.
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
Thanks all! I really do love him. Sometimes I just don't LIKE him!
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
I have a mean dog. We have a six foot wooden privacy fence and there are ten Pomeranian dogs that live next door. They bark at EVERYTHING. There is a knot hole in the fence between us. It's actually pretty big. It gives the dogs a nice view into the others yards. But it's not big enough to get a paw through or anything. It's like the periscope of knot holes. My dog just stands there with her eye to the hole. She doesn't bark. She just stands there and looks. And the other ten dogs go crazy. Absolutely insane. It's kind of funny but not.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
I have a mean dog. We have a six foot wooden privacy fence and there are ten Pomeranian dogs that live next door. They bark at EVERYTHING. There is a knot hole in the fence between us. It's actually pretty big. It gives the dogs a nice view into the others yards. But it's not big enough to get a paw through or anything. It's like the periscope of knot holes. My dog just stands there with her eye to the hole. She doesn't bark. She just stands there and looks. And the other ten dogs go crazy. Absolutely insane. It's kind of funny but not.
I am sorry...I stopped reading at 10 dogs!!!!
Wow
Someone next door is a hoarder. Or a kennel?
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
I have a mean dog. We have a six foot wooden privacy fence and there are ten Pomeranian dogs that live next door. They bark at EVERYTHING. There is a knot hole in the fence between us. It's actually pretty big. It gives the dogs a nice view into the others yards. But it's not big enough to get a paw through or anything. It's like the periscope of knot holes. My dog just stands there with her eye to the hole. She doesn't bark. She just stands there and looks. And the other ten dogs go crazy. Absolutely insane. It's kind of funny but not.
I am sorry...I stopped reading at 10 dogs!!!!
Wow
Someone next door is a hoarder. Or a kennel?
Sigh. Yes. Ten. And they are yappy little things. Cute but noisy. And annoying. My dog likes to stand there and look at them. She stares through the hole at them and they go nutso. I think she takes some perverse pleasure in it.
ETA: They had two and then they did what dogs do and then they did it again...
-- Edited by Nobody Just Nobody on Monday 5th of January 2015 11:17:09 PM
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
I have a mean dog. We have a six foot wooden privacy fence and there are ten Pomeranian dogs that live next door. They bark at EVERYTHING. There is a knot hole in the fence between us. It's actually pretty big. It gives the dogs a nice view into the others yards. But it's not big enough to get a paw through or anything. It's like the periscope of knot holes. My dog just stands there with her eye to the hole. She doesn't bark. She just stands there and looks. And the other ten dogs go crazy. Absolutely insane. It's kind of funny but not.
I am sorry...I stopped reading at 10 dogs!!!!
Wow
Someone next door is a hoarder. Or a kennel?
Sigh. Yes. Ten. And they are yappy little things. Cute but noisy. And annoying. My dog likes to stand there and look at them. She stares through the hole at them and they go nutso. I think she takes some perverse pleasure in it.
Shoot - I know I would. Lol. And I would call the police and file a noise complaint as she did it!
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
And here's the other thing. They leave their door open almost 24/7. So the damn dogs are always outside. We try to keep our dogs from barking incessantly but those dogs are out all the time. Barking barking barking.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
I have a mean dog. We have a six foot wooden privacy fence and there are ten Pomeranian dogs that live next door. They bark at EVERYTHING. There is a knot hole in the fence between us. It's actually pretty big. It gives the dogs a nice view into the others yards. But it's not big enough to get a paw through or anything. It's like the periscope of knot holes. My dog just stands there with her eye to the hole. She doesn't bark. She just stands there and looks. And the other ten dogs go crazy. Absolutely insane. It's kind of funny but not.
I am sorry...I stopped reading at 10 dogs!!!!
Wow
Someone next door is a hoarder. Or a kennel?
Sigh. Yes. Ten. And they are yappy little things. Cute but noisy. And annoying. My dog likes to stand there and look at them. She stares through the hole at them and they go nutso. I think she takes some perverse pleasure in it.
ETA: They had two and then they did what dogs do and then they did it again...
-- Edited by Nobody Just Nobody on Monday 5th of January 2015 11:17:09 PM
I think you're actually right, NJN. Staring is a doggie-dominance thing. That's why when you are faced with an aggressive dog you should never stare or make direct eye contact.