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Originally Posted by doug
One experience I have had that might be helpful is that my ex's dad was a real shit bag when she was a kid and she used to tell me about it and then get confused why I had a hard time getting along with her dad. You and your bro know what happened but your SIL only knows what he tells her and that's probably all bad and all biased towards him.
It's an issue of disparate information. |
I have done this to Dr. Boyfriend and now I'm making an effort to cool it. After 7 years, almost all the stories have been told, but I'm trying to be less negative about my childhood in general. I forget that if people weren't there, they're not going to get the nuances of the experience out of my random stories.