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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]When my daughter was 14 and avoiding me in public, she said to me: “one of the best parts about being adopted is that I don’t look like you at all, and when we walk anywhere near each other, no one knows you are my mom.” 
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Another daughter said once: “I wish you looked like _____’s Mom. Her mom looks like a cheerleader.” I told her that there was no universe in which I would ever be putting any effort at all into looking like a cheerleader. We all laugh at this now but I am sure at the time she DID wish I looked more put together. Whatever.  I think my daughters are all a bit shocked about what they used to say, but I didn’t take any of it to heart.

They are all now grown and we are very close. Let the comments roll like water off a duck’s back. In a few years she will be utterly mortified that she said this. She knows how hard your MS is and deep down she knows you are 100% doing your best. They just do not want to be different or have a parent who is different.

Just say to yourself, and to them: “whatever.”  Keep repeating that.

You’ve got this!

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Ouch! You must be a very cool banana, PP, for not having reacted to that comment.  :) [/quote]

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