Reply to sick of my needy husband and kids

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "sick of my needy husband and kids"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Sounds reasonable to me. I’m older, and have found myself and many friends are burned out on being caretakers, mothers to retired husbands and grown children. I’ve stepped back entirely; for the first time in my life I put myself first and do not engage in trying to solve other’s problems. Nobody helps me when I am ill or worried; it’s a chronic one way street. I’m happier, and the world has not ended. I just do what everyone else was doing, what makes me happy. Don’t have to be unkind or hurtful about it - I’m just honest with myself now and act in my own best interests. It’s a good thing to have some self esteem; you may find people around you treat you better because you no longer are a doormat, just there to serve their purposes, make their lives better.  It’s good for your children to learn to be responsible for reasonable tasks and contributing to the family functioning and chores. Don’t look on it as revenge or punishment; rather you are doing good parenting by teaching them autonomy and responsibility. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics