Do you remember when you were younger and would play "opposite day" when everything you said you meant the exact opposite? It seems to me that MAC has somehow gotten it into her head that everything is "opposite". It feels as if no matter how much time and love is lavished upon her by one set of grand=parents she just doesn't want to spend any time with them. One set makes it a point to call her, take her to the movies, remembers speciall days, etc and she couldn't care less. The other set will call every quarter and we'll see only if we make a special trip to go visit. MAC thinks the sun rises and sets around these grand-parents.
The same thing happens at home. I get to take her to the doctor appointments, go to the school, take her to school, go on all field trips to be her "special chaperon", and help her with homework and yet she wants me "out of her life". She told the therapist that she sometimes thinks about how nice life would be if I wasn't around and it was just her and Hubby.
It seems to me that the more attention you pay her the less she wants you around. I can only hope that she will one day see how much those of us that she doesn't want in her life, care about her.
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