Patty Mooney: Believe me, every family has manipulative members, whose personal talents and lovable traits make their unintended cruelty much harder to deal with.
I think you are right to emphasize and protect your own emotional needs and those of your spouse and immediate loved ones.
Not an easy issue, because we often have close relationships or other reasons to love them.
So tragically true in many cases....Love and stress free to all this holidays season, Mark :)
Patty Mooney: Believe me, every family has manipulative members, whose personal talents and lovable traits make their unintended cruelty much harder to deal with.
I think you are right to emphasize and protect your own emotional needs and those of your spouse and immediate loved ones.
Not an easy issue, because we often have close relationships or other reasons to love them.
Sometimes it takes a lifetime to finally reach this conclusion. Better late than never, I would say. Thanks for your wise comment.