Posted by Dinah on February 22, 2003, at 21:35:40
In reply to Nothing is wrong in being a caring daughter » Dinah, posted by bozeman on February 22, 2003, at 21:01:40
I'm sorry bozeman, I must have given the wrong impression. That wouldn't surprise me after well over a week of a few hours to no sleep. But I just *want* to move a thousand miles away. In reality I live less than ten miles away and they're used to relying on me. That was ok before I had my son, although it annoyed my husband no end how enmeshed we were. But they don't understand that my family has to come first now. My brother has borne the brunt of their demands while he's been home. I don't blame him for wanting to be away, but these announcements that he's been called up and actually packing up and leaving only to return a couple of days later is just plain weird. I can't figure out what the point is. And I don't want to. I just want to be away from it all. Perhaps if some or all of them get the mental health care they obviously need, this would help me feel like I could deal with them. Or as my therapist says - "And *you're* the one in therapy?!!!!"
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