Stop.
I find myself "helping" my in-laws with their kids too much. They are okay with it, I haven't pissed them off with my suggestions and/or interference, but I am not okay with it. I am crossing lines I told myself were too thick to smear and it happened in under a month. Ridiculous!
So, I am going to start anew in my promise to let them live their own lives. I just wish that their parenting choices didn't interfere with my life. When they choose to let the son scream and whine and get his way, I am the only that is forced to struggle through whatever show I am watching, or having a conversation with my husband. Frankly, it is just easier to walk upstairs and calmly diffuse the situation with Phoenix.
In conclusion, and please, say it with me: "They are not my kids and it is not my responsibility to fix them."
The end.
In other, more important news, I get to take a break from all of this lovely family-ness and get out of the house for a few hours. I am, of course, broke, so it will be a lot of chatting and crocheting and walking and not much spending. Well, and the ever-present coffee. The Very Needed coffee.
So, I am going to start anew in my promise to let them live their own lives. I just wish that their parenting choices didn't interfere with my life. When they choose to let the son scream and whine and get his way, I am the only that is forced to struggle through whatever show I am watching, or having a conversation with my husband. Frankly, it is just easier to walk upstairs and calmly diffuse the situation with Phoenix.
In conclusion, and please, say it with me: "They are not my kids and it is not my responsibility to fix them."
The end.
In other, more important news, I get to take a break from all of this lovely family-ness and get out of the house for a few hours. I am, of course, broke, so it will be a lot of chatting and crocheting and walking and not much spending. Well, and the ever-present coffee. The Very Needed coffee.
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As for butting in and all that and being bossy, you know I don't agree. Just for you though, I will follow along and bite my tongue when I feel the urge to tell you to "shut your face" for apologizing. You know you can always rant to me in secret - because I'm an evil person like that LOL.
All joking aside, I did enjoy our company today. I was wrong - we do have some things to talk about. I kind of like her. :D