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14 door-slammers that will make your kids stop talking to you

September 29, 2015 by Amy

14 door-slammers that will make your kids stop talking to you

Would you ever slam the door in your hosts’ faces when they’ve invited you to dinner in their home? Of course not! That’s just rude. They’d hesitate before inviting you back, and they might even start to question their friendship with you. I encountered an emotional door-slamming earlier this week. I told my husband that I wanted to reschedule a trip. He has a project he’s been wanting to do that requires me and SweetPea to be away from home. Originally I picked a weekend off the top of my head, about two weeks away. As I started looking at what I wanted to do, I felt increasingly … [Read more...]

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