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Post by Aheartfeltcard on Aug 17, 2014 22:39:06 GMT
Ok, I didn't read the other responses yet... To me, it means that you aren't trying to change them, or push your ideas of how their life should be. You accept that they are who they are, as they are, where they are. At that point you have a decision to make (sometimes several) good or bad, about the place they have in your life and the place you have in theirs. Perfect explanation and if you read what I said regarding my mom, and my sister...I cannot accept my sister speaking badly of my mother while my mom was on her death bed, knowing my mother was always like this.
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georgiapea
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 17, 2014 23:13:47 GMT
I accept people for who/how they are. But that does not mean I have to be friends with them. I can accept that they are very, very different than I am, that they have different values and beliefs. Personally, we have all accepted that one of our DD's SIL's is mentally unhinged. We've accepted that any interaction is going to go all to blazes in a very short time and avoid her like the plague.
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