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I am just now finally starting to feel well. This cold really hung on. I was sick the entire vacation. Then went back to work and was still sick.

I have not rescheduled the ride yet. I am hoping too, but I am not sure the other two are all that interested. I will have to wait and see.

Kids. my grandson is here and I made him take a bath because he was filthy. Well, he didn't think he should have to because he took a shower last night. It made no difference to him that he was dirty, just that he took a shower last night so he shouldn't have to take one tonight. Then he wanted to watch a video in the family room while playing with his train set. It is a big wooden set on one of those tables. He is really into trains. Well, there is not DVD player or VCR in the family room so he can't do that. He cried for at least 30 minutes until I told him to go to his room until he could stop crying. Five minutes and he was fine. Now, instead of a video, he wants to play in his room until bedtime. I just don't understand them sometimes. Is it because he is a kid or a mini man?

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Well, that seems to be one of two things. you have a very smart grandson and he wants to see how far he can play his luck with you or you spoil him a lot so he wants his way, now the question is. which one is it?

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My daughter does the same thing -- "I just took a shower last night!" Yeah, okay, but look at the filth around your ankles, child -- that's not acceptable to put on your clean sheets!

I think the changeable "wants" are just what any young kids do. They seem to be so focused on one thing, and then are easily distracted by something else if they can't have the first.

But aren't they fun?!?

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I think it is a bit of both! I definitely spoil him. I think that is the obligation of every grandmother. Also, he is quite bright and sometimes crys just for effect to get the sympathy. That seldom works with me though. I think it works with others, which is why he keeps trying it with me.

What I don't understand is -- what did he expect me to do? There is no DVD or VCR in the room. He says, "why can't you buy one." Yet, he certainly couldn't have thought that would solve the problem immediately since it was 8:00 or so at night. He just started crying when he couldn't do both things he wanted at the same time and didn't stop. There was no reasoning with him. He seemed to just want to cry.

Edited: funbikerchick on 23rd Jul, 2005 - 12:12pm

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If he is anything like my son then what he is expecting you to say is "We will go out tomorrow and buy one". In this he can feel assured that you have given into his laments. Your lack of interest in entertaining his wishes is frustrating and so he is using clinical psychology to get you to break.

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That is exactly what he wanted! I was soooo tempted to say it too, but I really don't see any need to have one down there. I never watch TV down there and if my son wants one down there he can buy it, but he has one in his room.

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I got a call at a few minutes after two this morning from paramedics informing me that my stepmother had died. My father raised me and he married her when I was 11 so the relationship isn't just a stepmother like some might be. Anyway, they needed me to go to my father. He was in need of support. He lives about 1 1/4 hours from me.

She died at home and he found her. In fact, when I got there she was still layed out on the floor waiting for the funeral home to arrive to get her. She was laying on the living room floor. (She died on the couch in the living room.) They had her wrapped in a sheet, but her head not covered. I mean she wasn't just laying on the floor a mess or anything, but in NH paramedics can pronounce death and in situations where there is not any suspicious circumstances and a clear medical history, they don't bring them to the hospital. It was really weird with her lying on the living room floor while we waited for the funeral home to arrive.

The local police officer stayed with us until they had taken her away. He stayed with my father for the 1 1/2 hours it took me to get there after receiving the call and then the 30 minutes or so more until they came to take her body away. Too often I only think of them as the guys who will give me a speeding ticket if I am stopped, but they do so much more than that. This man was really something else. Very compassionate. He even set the clock on my father's microwave!

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So sad to hear of your loss and your father's. My deepest sympathies are with you and your family.