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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your AC child express appreciation for your parenting? I don't expect constant praise of course. It was a labor of love, but I guess I hoped that by her age (recent college grad) she would start to appreciate the family she has. The sacrifices that have been made. The quality of life we have given her. She just seems to take it all for granted, which is a little disappointing. [/quote]

OP, if she were expressing appreciation, what would that look like to you? What are you hoping for?
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Enthusiastic (not perfunctory) thanks for extra efforts (like taking the day off from work to drive for hours to facilitate something she wants to do, or putting my tasks aside, to review important application materials that she has drafted and requested me to proof).

Saying she was happy to be home, after time away.

Expressing enjoyment of a meal that took a long time to prepare.

Realizing that her needs always did (and still does) come first, because my love for her is bottomless. [/quote]

Wow, martyr much? The fact that you coddle her is your problem, not hers. And perhaps even contributed (and continues to contribute) to the very situation you now lament.[/quote]

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