My mother in law tried the "see? That family has it MUCH worse than we do..." line on me just the other day (it's not tough when you're surrounded by quads and paras all day). The instructor for our 'Family Training', a nurse whose father is a para and happened to be at Shepherd for his treatment/rehab, interrupted her conversation, walked over and said "It's true, their lives may actually be more difficult than yours - their loss more severe. What that doesn't mean is that you've not been devistated. 'Suck it up, they have it worse' is usually a sure way to make sure you allow your condition to BECOME worse."
Yeah, it wasn't life changing wisdom, but it was pretty good, and it stopped my mother-in-law in her tracks. Usually it takes me a few witty retorts or at least a couple harsh glares, so doing it in just a few lines is GENIUS!
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Date: 2004-10-01 02:32 pm (UTC)Yeah, it wasn't life changing wisdom, but it was pretty good, and it stopped my mother-in-law in her tracks. Usually it takes me a few witty retorts or at least a couple harsh glares, so doing it in just a few lines is GENIUS!