Posts by Storm Bride

Quote: Originally Posted by LoveOurBabies  While we're on the toxic people road.. Why is culling them the only solution ever offered? I think culling toxic people is actually the incorrect response in most...

Quote: Originally Posted by dauphinette  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I can really see both sides, but that being said... I envy mom's of big families.  I wish I had the strength and faith...

Oh - I also wanted to note that this:   Quote: Originally Posted by Storm Bride  Being the center of an adult's emotional universe...   is not the same as this:   Quote: Originally...

Quote: Originally Posted by pek64  It's difficult to be sure the child is being smothered. When she starts wanting less of grandma's attention and is still getting it, then it's more certain. At this point I would give...

Quote: Originally Posted by pek64  Did you cry when the visit was over? Or were you relieved?   At 14? I was relieved - beyond relieved. But, I adored her when I was six (I believe that's the OP's daughter's...

Quote: Originally Posted by Linda on the move    She smothered her own children. She had a dysfunctional relationship with her spouse. She fulfilled her emotional needs through her...

OP: I'm obviously in the minority here. My childhood was badly damaged by a toxic grandparent, and I do tend to project a bit on the topic. There are definitely things that many people consider to be perfectly normal grandparent...

I don't really have any advice, but just to add another perspective (completely the opposite of nextcommercial's):   My grandmother behaved in a similar way. I adored her a small child, and she "loved" me and my siblings and...

Quote: Originally Posted by kathymuggle  Is the IT crowd on this list?  It should be. Oh - I can't believe I missed that. DH and I watched the first three seasons on Netflix months ago, and then had to...

I haven't read the article, but this quote from the OP kind of rubs me the wrong way:     Quote: Fast forward to today. I recently saw a t-shirt that read “Autism, Different, Not Less.” Clearly, times...