tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15794806.post4224741019782524583..comments2023-10-23T14:26:18.726-06:00Comments on These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty: "My home life is unsatisfying"trrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840209409286594625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15794806.post-60214943085976678162007-03-08T18:56:00.000-07:002007-03-08T18:56:00.000-07:00Sounds like you came down with a bad case of "pare...Sounds like you came down with a bad case of "parenting"... I hear it gets worse with adolescents (my oldest is 13). <BR/><BR/>Makes me wonder how some kids come out so well even when their parents aren't trying hard, like you are.Brad Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800309833079635465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15794806.post-75727156367222551912007-03-06T15:57:00.000-07:002007-03-06T15:57:00.000-07:00hey Paul,Yes, I like the re-punctuating result.OK....hey Paul,<BR/><BR/>Yes, I like the re-punctuating result.<BR/><BR/>OK. I'm going to change my bumper sticker from STOP THE DYSFUNCTION to "Decrease the Dysfunction".<BR/><BR/>I think you are right - the parenting may ebb and flow as well.<BR/><BR/>ttrrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11840209409286594625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15794806.post-25315338512385331012007-03-06T10:04:00.000-07:002007-03-06T10:04:00.000-07:00Trish,Yikes! You're a busy little writer. I thin...Trish,<BR/>Yikes! You're a busy little writer. I think that faking it is pretty much the way all GOOD parents do it. Especially the ones who want the improve on the model they were give by there folks.<BR/><BR/>Jeff HJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383330615695290634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15794806.post-1758828541533384732007-03-05T09:11:00.000-07:002007-03-05T09:11:00.000-07:00Ack. Sympathies.You're not a failure. The failure ...Ack. Sympathies.<BR/><BR/>You're not a failure. The failure thing is a sign of black-and-white thinking. Are you going to STOP the dysfunction, as in eradicate every trace of it so it will be completely absent? Of course not. But I very strongly believe you are <B>decreasing</B> the dysfunction quite a lot. That is good enough.<BR/><BR/>A bit of wisdom about marriage came into my life recently: it ebbs and flows. There are times when it's great, and times when it sucks. The trick is remembering during an ebb that a flow is coming. (And recognizing that if it sucks most of the time, something needs to be done.) This may be true about parenting as well.<BR/><BR/>Also, I read an extra comma into one of your sentences that made it much funnier: "I'm pretty, moral, ethical, and I value truth." ("And the truth is, I <B>am</B> pretty!")Paul O'Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295914149726656839noreply@blogger.com