Re: Keeping family together in the teen years

In article <aaydnXOx7_BXjtjeRVn-hQ@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ericka Kammerer <eek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sue wrote:
> > "Ericka Kammerer" <eek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >
> >>We vacation a lot with my family (even though we live
> >>near them) because it's fun. We share the kids around
> >>and everyone gets kid time and adult time and it's
> >>great. We visit DH's family occasionally, and they
> >>visit us occasionally, so that works out fine too.
> >
> > Can you adopt me Ericka? You're family just sounds so nice and warm compared
> > to my dysfunctional family. Since my mom passed away, it just seems my
> > family gets more dysfunctional, lol.
>
> ;-) I am so, so grateful for my family. It's not
> perfect, of course, but it's pretty darned good and I feel
> like I owe them a lot. Right now my husband and my parents
> are both out of town (him on business and them on a well
> deserved vacation on their own) and I'm sitting around
> whining because my support system up and left me! :-P
> It's not that bad, but I'm so darned spoiled! One of
> these days, though, we need to take a vacation with
> just us. I don't think we've ever done that! We're
> always going with someone or to someone. My in-laws
> are rather dysfunctional in some ways, but they're
> nice dysfunctional and we don't live near them, so
> it's not really the issue it would be if we lived
> next door. What amazes me is that my dad is as
> functional as they get, and he came from a *really*
> dysfunctional family.
>
> Best wishes,
> Ericka

I was just talking to my sister about this yesterday. My Dad is hardly
what I would call a paragon of functionality -- but given how horribly
dysfunctional most of his family is, it's pretty amazing that he's in as
good shape as he is! I often wonder how he managed to turn out so close
to mentally healthy. My upbringing had it's challenges -- he was fairly
abusive -- but he did about the best he could, and fundamentally he's a
decent guy whose company I enjoy.
--
Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

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