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A trivial misunderstanding

Started by freespirit, August 13, 2014, 03:10:04 AM

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freespirit

Luise,  all these amazing women are gathered here under your wing.

Lilly, I couldn't have said that better  myself. A mother's love may be unbreakable, but a mothers "LIKE" is not.  It's a two way street:
YES!
We  can like someone, without loving the person.
And 
We can love someone, without liking the person, (at least at times.)
And THAT  makes the difference on  how well we can cope with our adult children's  selfish and rude behavior. 

Shiny, that's a good point. In fact, I believe many children are influenced more by their peers than their parents.

Meanwhile my son is being nice. ... sure I love him....but I'm very careful about liking him.
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
            -- Michel de Montaigne