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<blockquote data-quote="WorriedPartner" data-source="post: 2323401" data-attributes="member: 532199"><p>You're absolutely not a horrible person, and I can understand why you say all that you do.</p><p></p><p>My wife had previously been in an abusive marriage where she was almost a prisoner, and that was an improvement on her childhood, I've always been aware that even though my intentions have always been good, there's the risk she becomes my prisoner if she isn't making her own decisions and becoming more confident and independent.</p><p></p><p>The truth is, my wife would have been lost in this thread from about post 3, she struggles with the whole bigger picture, and would give up if she didn't understand what was being said, I do a live-in care job for 3 days each week and have a lot of time to research things that people tell me, I will then sit with my wife and hopefully explain everything in a way she understands, she will then telephone her diabetes team and discuss things further, of course I read things here and come to my own conclusions about what might work, but I'm no expert and will go along with whatever the diabetes team recommend, however, I believe 100% that anything my wife tries can only work if she has belief in what she's doing, and she's lost a bit of confidence in the diabetes team, so it's a very difficult balancing act.</p><p></p><p>The 'selling' and 'buying in' comments are probably not appropriate and I can understand how they ca easily be taken the wrong way, it's just the way I talk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WorriedPartner, post: 2323401, member: 532199"] You're absolutely not a horrible person, and I can understand why you say all that you do. My wife had previously been in an abusive marriage where she was almost a prisoner, and that was an improvement on her childhood, I've always been aware that even though my intentions have always been good, there's the risk she becomes my prisoner if she isn't making her own decisions and becoming more confident and independent. The truth is, my wife would have been lost in this thread from about post 3, she struggles with the whole bigger picture, and would give up if she didn't understand what was being said, I do a live-in care job for 3 days each week and have a lot of time to research things that people tell me, I will then sit with my wife and hopefully explain everything in a way she understands, she will then telephone her diabetes team and discuss things further, of course I read things here and come to my own conclusions about what might work, but I'm no expert and will go along with whatever the diabetes team recommend, however, I believe 100% that anything my wife tries can only work if she has belief in what she's doing, and she's lost a bit of confidence in the diabetes team, so it's a very difficult balancing act. The 'selling' and 'buying in' comments are probably not appropriate and I can understand how they ca easily be taken the wrong way, it's just the way I talk. [/QUOTE]
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