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ERayR, on 26 January 2011 - 08:08 AM, said:

You have a ways to go yet my young padawa learner.  51 years for me.  

Papa and you are inspirations for young folks to strive for.  

While we all have our Christ-like talents to show and share with others, I will admit to being jealous of yours.

[Pa Pa]

ERayR, on 26 January 2011 - 08:08 AM, said:

You have a ways to go yet my young padawa learner.  51 years for me.  

Doubt I will live that long.

[Mudcat]

Just a followup.

My MIL and I had an excellent conversation. I was pleasantly surprised that we actually wound up exchanging apologies. We had a nice open conversation about our relationship, some of our own personal failings and character flaws.

I decided to go ahead and test out our newly patched up relationship and brought up a behavioral issue my daughter is having. The issue being, she is playing sick and has become and excellent actress. Typically, she goes through this, when she is leaving a place where she is getting more personal attention than the one she is going to.  She is a very intelligent 8 year old and her exhibition of deception and manipulation needs to be addressed. It doesn't speak well for the development of her moral compass.

Regardless, We spent about a half an hour discussing likely causes and what might be the best direction to handle things from.

It was nice to stop being the two angry in-Laws     and getting back on the same team .

Since the issue seems to be wrapped up, I will probably close the thread around bedtime. Again, thanks for all the advice.


I must confess, my main reason to close the thread is to test my "Contributor" powers . Kinda neat to be able to something you couldn't do before.  

Edited by Mudcat, 26 January 2011 - 02:18 PM.

[Garden Girl]

I'm glad to hear this, Mudcat... I think your in-laws need to come to terms the way my folks did about my non-LDS hubby... they came to love him very much and realize what a good man he was, and how good and loving to me.  My mom told me several times how she never had a worry about me (like she did my sister) because of my life with my dh.  My mom used to call me Jean-McBean (nickname)... and I called my dh Ray-Ray to my mom and sis.  So mom would address our mail... to Jean-McBean and Ray Ray... My folks were as TBM as they come, but they were able to look past their disappointment that I had married non-LDS and eventually embraced Ray with the love and good will he deserved.  And he always was respectful of them and their faith.

GG

[TAO]

Yayz Mudcat =D.  I'm glad it went so well!!!!  

[MorningStar]

Great news!  I'm happy for you.  

[Mudcat]

Garden Girl, on 26 January 2011 - 02:41 PM, said:

I'm glad to hear this, Mudcat... I think your in-laws need to come to terms the way my folks did about my non-LDS hubby... they came to love him very much and realize what a good man he was, and how good and loving to me.  My mom told me several times how she never had a worry about me (like she did my sister) because of my life with my dh.  My mom used to call me Jean-McBean (nickname)... and I called my dh Ray-Ray to my mom and sis.  So mom would address our mail... to Jean-McBean and Ray Ray... My folks were as TBM as they come, but they were able to look past their disappointment that I had married non-LDS and eventually embraced Ray with the love and good will he deserved.  And he always was respectful of them and their faith.

GG

GG,

It's great the way your folks were with Ray Ray.

I have come to get that from most of the family, over time. I think it's required a bit of adaptation on all our parts. I don't want to paint myself in the best light, it wouldn't be right. You'll likely remember that when I came to the forum a few years back,  I had a great number of issues with the LDS faith that my in laws and wife held.

I could be regular son of a somethingoranother when I had the mind to. I am appreciative of posters like you, as well as many others, that gave me an opportunity to be such a person online.

I have learned a lot over the course of it all. I have changed my mind on a thing or three and over the course of it all, my family has been overall positively impacted.

My MIL is a special case though... I suppose. She is a very etiquette driven individual.. I imagine she has a number of mental rule books on how to deal with specific groups, individuals and so forth. She is a very categorical type of lady.

Being as I am the only present in-Law, I suppose I get some sort special case treatment. I am hoping her three sons will eventually tie the knot. Some other in-Laws might take a bit of pressure off and give her a reason to amend the rules a bit.

Regardless, things have a way of working themselves out and I imagine between her and myself things will be better.

Love in Christ,

Mudcat

BTW... tell Bob Cat hello and give him a scratch behind the ears for me.

[Mudcat]

I am about to close the thread.

This is a rather cool experience for me..kinda scary too for some reason.

Probably not as cool or scary as stepping on the Moon for the first time in all of recorded human history, but still cool nonetheless.

........
Newsflash, you have write why you closed the thread down, when you do. Dunno if what I write will show up, but I am going to write "Put a bow on this one." Like you do when finished wrapping up a present or something.

I suppose that will be my equivalent of "Goodnight John Boy.".... curious to see if it makes print as well.

Edited by Mudcat, 26 January 2011 - 09:29 PM.

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[Mudcat]

But what is really cool is that you can reopen the thing to if you wanted.

[Mudcat]

Oops duplicate for some reason...

Edited by Mudcat, 26 January 2011 - 09:33 PM.

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