[QUOTE]he stopped me and said Mom, I asked you nice to just stop. So I did.[QUOTE]
There you go.
The trick is - now let it STAY .. stopped.
From one codie to another -
you can't fix it.
(((hug)))
I think he did great saying just stop.
Tells me, the outsider, he may not be as bad off as you think.
He's protecting his boundary.
Honor that.