Originally Posted by
stella27 We were completely in a parent/teen dynamic complete with "you can't tell me what to do." and finally I decided "you're right. but I don't have to live with you."
YES! This was me, too! And I have two hormonally charged teenage daughters who were far more reasonable than the RAH most times. The defiance, the attitude, the anger...and he would judge my daughters male friends as "punks"...jeeze it got old.
Moving away from that allowed me to really parent the real kids and back the heck off the grown man who never learned how to put his big boy pants on and be a grown up!
But I also have to admit I found myself responding to him like an angry teenager myself sometimes. I actually told him on several occasions that I hated him. And at that moment, I did, but really? My 13 yr old says that to me. Embarrassing! Today, I am thankful for being able to better control my mouth so I can respond like the grown up that I am.