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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get your story straight. Are you upset he didn't HUG you or upset he didn't say goodbye or upset he didn't THANK you?

Everyone has autonomy over their own bodies - I am never offended when someone doesn't want to hug me.  You shouldn't be either.  Kids get weird - so he didn't say goodbye.

Maybe the kid's parent had a talk with him in the car about not saying thank you - you don't know.  But kids have no concept of how much work goes into hosting.  My DD thought I LIKE hosting all the time because "you're always smiling while you do it."  [/quote]

I'm upset that he didn't make an effort to show gratitude..as in "Thanks so-and-so". He could have shouted a thank you from the car when he was getting in but he just told his dad, "You can say goodbye". Just something you know?
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But he did earlier in the visit. You’re upset that he wouldn’t do it multiple times, on demand.

You know how sometimes when you’re stressed out, say from hosting a holiday event, and your schedule is off, you’re not always at your best and sometimes little things upset you that normally wouldn’t? Now imagine you’re 11, hormonal (god knows my kids were big balls of hormones and emotions at that age), you’re being dragged from one house to the next, you probably have had excess sugar, add in the excitement over all the gifts plus the stress of travel and flying, and then explain to me why you’re expecting him to be perfect again. I’ll give you a pass (not that you need it) for being upset because of all the holiday stress of you give him one for the same reason.

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I'll give him a pass at 11 but I hope he'll be more appreciative in the years to come. 
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