tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post1368407231736163344..comments2024-03-12T09:31:59.061+09:00Comments on Okaasan and Me: Home. For now.Oyome-san1http://www.blogger.com/profile/17613603965553003711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-6453616100905832132012-06-09T18:13:10.431+09:002012-06-09T18:13:10.431+09:00No hope from the rest of the family - the other br...No hope from the rest of the family - the other brother doesn't even call at New Year to do a basic greeting...and sadly Okaasan thinks doctors are a waste of space...so no help from a doctor.<br />No...it'll just have to be ongoing persuasion.....ongoing....trouble is : in summer she's ok, cos she gets out and walks and interacts with people in shops a bit.<br />But he and of course she, forget how awful winter is...I don't!Oyome-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658655347848108222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-3524726281481128522012-06-09T16:15:55.544+09:002012-06-09T16:15:55.544+09:00How difficult for you. Is there any way you could ...How difficult for you. Is there any way you could have a family meeting with Yujiro's brothers? A lot of time this helps, when a family is encouraging some kind of change to take place. Or maybe if she has a primary physician, you could have him stongly recommend it. Also in reality, your mother-in -aw would probably really enjoy some kind of activity. I hope you can work something out.. Nancy Tsurumaki in TokyoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-76617399947209432262012-06-09T10:49:12.732+09:002012-06-09T10:49:12.732+09:00I know...it's crossed my mind too...I think I&...I know...it's crossed my mind too...I think I'll bring it all up for discussion again late summer (cos it WILL take about 2 months to get assessed and join day care) - and if I meet a stonewall, then I'll say "well at least, let's set up a twice a week taxi service to come to the house and TAKE her to the non-snowy shopping district". Then the choice between paying for a taxi service or actually using council day care (cheaper) would be obvious.Oyome-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658655347848108222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998844447617430892.post-86621090214808045672012-06-08T01:55:34.086+09:002012-06-08T01:55:34.086+09:00It might be bitchy to suggest this, but if I were ...It might be bitchy to suggest this, but if I were in your position, I would give my significant other an ultimatum. "We get professional help or I'm gone."<br /><br />I know that might sound drastic, and I don't think you'd actually leave if he didn't agree to professional help, but sometimes men need a serious ultimatum to shake them into action.あんちゃんnoreply@blogger.com