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Originally Posted by ECHOES
ECHOES >>> So, you were expected to be able to read your mother's mind..
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Originally Posted by SAWE
what got me into trouble was that I didn't - I relied on what she had told me. And look where it got me.
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Originally Posted by ECHOES
ECHOES >>> Your T is bringing you the gift of bringing herself back to you, but you could ask in fun "Whadya bring me?"
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Originally Posted by SAWE
I might, if I think I can get through the rejection of hearing "I didn't bring you anything". Right now it's OK, but "in the moment" who knows.
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Well, maybe... but I'd be prepared for a T response like "You wish I had brought you something? Do you want to say more about that?" or "What do you wish I had brought you?"
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So far the best I can do would be to counter with, "well I brought you something T." and hand her a 2nd copy of Maggie Scarf's "Intimate Worlds", about family dynamics on a dysfunctional scale 1-5. I think she would find it interesting (I am learning a lot).
It's 465 pages
maybe that will keep her home for a while
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... cracking up!
(T's vacations can seem dysfunctional!) Is it a good book? I like to read psychology books.