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Originally posted by andypb
reply to post by BO XIAN
The strange thing i find is,(and the kids told me this), that sometimes she breaks down crying, and saying things like,"oh you love your dad more than me" or " your dad has turned you against me".
It's like she can't see how she treats the kids.
I've told the kids that when that happens, then it's the perfect time to let her know the problems they see,
and talk about how their treated.
reply to post by BO XIAN
I am curious what your response might be to the above . . . and, actually, to what your kids might think of the above if you feel it fitting to share it with them--at my request so you need not feel responsible. LOL. But I can understand how that might be too convoluted and complicated to do for a number of reasons. So no sweat if it's not wise in your judgment.
Originally posted by galadofwarthethird
reply to post by BO XIAN
. . . . And there in something is superimposing and filling that hole which is left, one of the symptoms you people seem to call attachment disorder, when in fact its more like a lack of attachment, which eventually is filled by detrimental habits, which are placed there by societies and groups all of which have intoned goals in mind.
Or maybe one could say that humans in general just suck at expressing simple things and feelings so they get caught up in a bunch of unnecessary things which cause a bunch of unnecessary problems, and round and round it goes.
So ya bro I think you may have to be more specific about what exactly you mean by attachment disorder? But the majority seems to be the fact that if you cut out what worked for what you believe will work or worse what society says will work, you may have problems.
Attaching a one size fits all label to something especially were it involved the human psyche has shown itself time and time again to not really work.
And maybe just maybe people in general are assholes, and whats worse they would not even know it, some may even beg to differ, while others create