Comments on: http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2007/06/11/214/ Just another Thegazz.com weblog Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:56:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: karin http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2007/06/11/214/#comment-1166 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:59:43 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2007/06/11/214/#comment-1166 Thanks. You're very kind. I seldom lose my head and it generally takes a lot to get me to the point where I'll snap (except when I'm behind the wheel), and I usually cool down really fast, too. The problem with that is once some people recognize that about me, they sometimes use it against me. I can be such a doormat. Don't like that about myself. I've been wondering if maybe I didn't word this column a little too harshly. It's just something I feel pretty passionate about. Let it go. It's in the past. When you have kids, you've got to get along. Thanks. You’re very kind. I seldom lose my head and it generally takes a lot to get me to the point where I’ll snap (except when I’m behind the wheel), and I usually cool down really fast, too. The problem with that is once some people recognize that about me, they sometimes use it against me. I can be such a doormat. Don’t like that about myself.

I’ve been wondering if maybe I didn’t word this column a little too harshly. It’s just something I feel pretty passionate about. Let it go. It’s in the past. When you have kids, you’ve got to get along.

]]> by: Anonymous http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2007/06/11/214/#comment-1165 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:53:59 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2007/06/11/214/#comment-1165 It doesn't feel good to snap at anyone but everyone does it. Sometimes I think if we never lose it just a little from time to time we'll end up like Jim Carrey's character in Me, Myself and Irene, all bottled up until we explode. From the parental standpoint, I think asking your kid not to bounce the ball in the house is really meant as do not PLAY with the ball in the house, and that encompasses bouncing, throwing, dribbling, kicking. So maybe you didn't use the perfect word but I don't think you got mad for no reason at all. Don't beat yourself up about it. I agree that holding onto years of resentment is never good. But the occasional release of a little pent up anger is normal. Your loved ones understand, and won't hold it against you. It doesn’t feel good to snap at anyone but everyone does it. Sometimes I think if we never lose it just a little from time to time we’ll end up like Jim Carrey’s character in Me, Myself and Irene, all bottled up until we explode.

From the parental standpoint, I think asking your kid not to bounce the ball in the house is really meant as do not PLAY with the ball in the house, and that encompasses bouncing, throwing, dribbling, kicking. So maybe you didn’t use the perfect word but I don’t think you got mad for no reason at all. Don’t beat yourself up about it.

I agree that holding onto years of resentment is never good. But the occasional release of a little pent up anger is normal. Your loved ones understand, and won’t hold it against you.

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