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alex - 2005-05-22 09:30:29
So much sympathy. My situation is so massively less drastic than yours that I won't even try to compare it (seasonal nanny, not mother; kid has mild sensory integration disorders and is only kinda bright, not as brilliant/talented and behaviorally challenged as Wolf sounds). But I do have some small experience with hearing about rocket engines _all the time_ and being head-butted, jumped on, and full-body checked every time the kid moves. He's taken out family member's teeth before because he just doesn't think kinesthetically. I've been with this family for four years, and I love the kid to pieces, but sometimes I just want to shut him in the basement and have thirty blessed seconds without rocket talk and back injury.
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Amy - 2005-05-22 10:20:40
You're a rose among thorns, honey. I feel for you... some of Wolf's issues sound reeeeeeeally familiar. I can count on one hand the number of times my kid has ever listened to an answer I gave, and taking no for an answer has never even occurred to her. It's exhausting. And the ungrateful critical shit does drive you bonkers. I may not be perfect but goddamn, I've done my best and given her A LOT in terms of time and attention and material things and just general SLACK. So when she sneers in my general direction and scoffs at my "so-called parenting skills" for some petty reason the day after I just spent two day's salary outfitting her for a special date, yeah, it's pretty damn tough not to split that sneer in two with the back of my hand. I get ya, sister, believe me.
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Jules - 2005-05-22 11:17:39
Ah, I see. So I'm not alone with the bonkers-driving kid. That's good to know, thanks!
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Pandi - 2005-05-22 22:50:30
Hi, Grumpy. ;-) I look at it this way: If men get lazy because a woman is in her sexual prime, then I get to kick them out of bed. Sex is not worth the trouble of dealing with a man like that. In fact, not for nothing, but sex isn't worth the trouble of dealing with MOST men. I'm not cranky or bitter, just enjoying the freedom from all the other bullshit being in a relationship with one involves.
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