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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Kcsora[/i] [br]So having my parents here for a short stent from out of town is leaving me to be anxious. Both work aholics, and perfections. So they are showing love by cleaning and fixing constantly, and I do tell them I appreciate all they do for my family. However, sitting to hav a normal healthy conversation is unheard of because they have very strong religious and political views. Then my husband is a pastor, and we are supposed to be kind and loving, which I can to a degree...but I cry inside that they do not want to spend time with me or my kids just to talk. Today I expressed appreciation, but was also able to say that really we just want to talk and spend time with you on your short visits. I felt good expressing my feelings, not something I grew up doing. I was the good compliant one, who dared not open my mouth or I would be labeled as defiant, as my older sister was labeled. I had a few twinges of pain,but over all pain stayed at bay. Learning how to express my anger, and anxieties. Very hard when I have grown up the past 35 yrs stuffing my emotions to keep the peace. Learning. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.