Often at prayer group we speak about expectations. We've decided we need to lower our expectations of loved ones. Some may totally disagree, but if we do this we are disappointed less often. [Wink]

That's why this quote rung a bell with me.

"It's funny how many of our problems result from our entirely unrealistic expectations of what life is supposed to be like."

Molly Wolf, A Place Like Any Other

As my husband says,"We don't live on Walton's Mountain". [Wink]