My forgetfullness is just as bad!!!

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Whenever I am having a real bad time, like recently with all of you, Mom will blame everything on to much medication. I think that is the easy way out for alot of friends and family, because they do not understand the pain.

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Dawn,

My dad does the same thing.....he blames all of my problems on the meds that I take.....like if I can't drive, it's because of the medications. Or, if I'm having a hard time taking care of the kids, it's because of the medications. Having trouble keeping my balance, walking, talking/stuttering.....medications. No money to buy the kids the things that they need, and can't go and get a job...."well, if you would just get off the dope, you'd be able to go and get a job and would be able to afford what the kids needed"....

Believe me, I've heard it all from one thing to another......Nothing my Father says can shock or surprise me anymore.

Christmas last year, The kids and I, with me being sick....went down to my parents house ....well, actually it was just me and the girls.......to pick up our Christmas stuff that they got the kids, and I got told not to bother ever coming back, that he no longer had a daughter or grandkids, there would no longer be any holidays in that house and don't bother calling him or talking to him ever again.

Well, 2 weeks later, my dad actually called me and apologized to me.....something he never does.....but, my mom knows that I'm just as bullheaded and knew that I wouldn't call him either....which, I shouldn't have had to anyways, when it was he that started the crap.

But, because of that, my oldest daughter, Sami, absolutely hates going around her grandfather because she thinks he is absolutely mean.....she hates being around him because he makes them behave like they are 19 and 14 instead of 9 and 4.

So, I pretty much know what you are going thru Dawn. I can't tell you it gets any better....because after 4 years, I learned that I just ignore my dad when he gets in one of his moods...I just walk back out the door, get in my car and I leave and go home or to where ever I was going to.....and let him sit in his own self pity. I don't have to sit there and put up with the crap....I'm old enough now that I can get up and leave.

Tonia

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