Daughter is having an adjustment period in her new home. She has discovered that not all men were brought up to do household chores, as her dad was. No, cleaning house and doing dishes is not "a woman's job" but many men will not acknowledge that. My advice to her boyfriend, if I could give it to him, would be to contribute to the household or your life will be miserable! Daughter does not forgive and forget easily.
I suspect there is more going on than she lets on. Yes, she's stubborn and can be difficult at times, but she means well. He is also stubborn, from what I've seen, so I'm sure they are knocking heads. I think maybe they are having a little too much "together" time living together. They both need to spend some time with their own friends, doing their own thing, and not feel that they have to spend every waking moment together. Hopefully they can work it out soon.
Tomorrow we will be visiting my father-in-law again. It's always emotionally draining to visit, but I know it's just something we have to do. Who knows what my mother-in-law will have to say this time? She always comes up with totally mixed up information. I really wonder sometimes if she isn't also having problems. The last time we visited, she told us there were two nursing homes who could take him with his Alzheimer's, and she gave us the names. One of the names is the name of a city administrative center, and the other we couldn't find in the phone book or on-line. Does she just make this stuff up?
Our kids keep telling us they're going to put us in the nursing home when we reach "the age" - whatever that is. I don't know what would be worse - having your mind but being in physical pain, or not having your mind and being physically healthy. I hope I don't have to find out... can't I just be a normal person like I am now for the rest of my life? **sigh**
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