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My dd after a frustrating temper tantrum (4 yrs old)

dd: "I hate you" "I wish you were not my mother" "you are the worst mother ever" etc. etc etc. (trying to get a reaction from me)

me: I actually had to laugh. It was funny...

dd: YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LAUGH (wailing her heart out)... MOTHER'S ARE SUPPOSED TO CRY WHEN THEIR CHILDREN TELL THEM THEY HATE THEM...


I think GT kids just are much more passionate....

Oh Bianc - I am laughing hysterically! That is definitely our world with DD3.5. Similar mind games go on daily around here! Passionate totally nails it. The imagination and wild laughter, etc etc etc. Every day is a rollarcoaster.

DS is a totally level headed practical kid.

Awwww...So funny!



Not my DS6. He has his moments, of course. He's not a robot. But he's the most logical, practical kid ever.

For a logical, practical mom, this worked just great.

And I am nothing if not logical and practical. My DH--who is an engineer, mind you, so he's not Mr. Passionate Emotions himself!--says that I am "only 1s and 0s." He's right. And my mom, who is quite emotional, simply cannot have a disagreement with me. I ask for her reasons, and she can't tell me. If she can enumerate some reasons, I address them logically, and she doesn't know how to argue back to that. It's like we speak different languages. She just has to stop talking to me because I drive her crazy.

So I just don't do drama like my DS3 does. Totally foreign to me!