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Oh, ok, great. I've been back here for less than 24 hours and my mother has apparently managed to co-opt my dad into the everything would be better if I just wasn't here narrative. Yes, that's right, because I planned for everything in my life to be a complete disaster. In particular, it was a plan to upset her life, because that's what this is all about. How my not being rich and successful is a big disappointment to her and her future plans. I mean, that's why you have kids, right?
And she starts her crap immediately this morning because I had the audacity to remove the snow from the driveway, but hadn't salted it yet, of which I was informing her and noting that it was slippery. Yes, there would be more traction if I had left the snow on top of the ice, but I had this crazy idea that removing it would prevent even more ice from forming and eventually being harder to remove and more dangerous blah blah blah, etc. Plus, would have salted it eventually, just hadn't yet.
So she goes off on something about my dad to my dad and how he can take care of her if she falls and breaks her hip and So THERE. And I'm like what?!? And she's all I'm JOKING, just like we USED TO. Uh, ok. And I'm like is there a problem? And her response to that was the brilliant well there wasn't one but there is NOW. And I say something like well you seem upset, is there something constructive to be done here? You know, like you would with a normal person who was totally overreacting. And she mutters something and walks away saying I'M LEAVING (which she actually was, which is why I warned her about the ice that hadn't been salted yet).
After which there is some not so awesome this is nuts we can't handle this conversation between me and my dad. Who then points out that while I was gone she was less of an ass, so obs if I wasn't here it would be better.
Like, no kidding. But this is not the obvious of course bit. This is the this is happening because of YOU nonsense that is part of my mom's insanity.
Frakking awesome, man.
Oh, ok, great. I've been back here for less than 24 hours and my mother has apparently managed to co-opt my dad into the everything would be better if I just wasn't here narrative. Yes, that's right, because I planned for everything in my life to be a complete disaster. In particular, it was a plan to upset her life, because that's what this is all about. How my not being rich and successful is a big disappointment to her and her future plans. I mean, that's why you have kids, right?
And she starts her crap immediately this morning because I had the audacity to remove the snow from the driveway, but hadn't salted it yet, of which I was informing her and noting that it was slippery. Yes, there would be more traction if I had left the snow on top of the ice, but I had this crazy idea that removing it would prevent even more ice from forming and eventually being harder to remove and more dangerous blah blah blah, etc. Plus, would have salted it eventually, just hadn't yet.
So she goes off on something about my dad to my dad and how he can take care of her if she falls and breaks her hip and So THERE. And I'm like what?!? And she's all I'm JOKING, just like we USED TO. Uh, ok. And I'm like is there a problem? And her response to that was the brilliant well there wasn't one but there is NOW. And I say something like well you seem upset, is there something constructive to be done here? You know, like you would with a normal person who was totally overreacting. And she mutters something and walks away saying I'M LEAVING (which she actually was, which is why I warned her about the ice that hadn't been salted yet).
After which there is some not so awesome this is nuts we can't handle this conversation between me and my dad. Who then points out that while I was gone she was less of an ass, so obs if I wasn't here it would be better.
Like, no kidding. But this is not the obvious of course bit. This is the this is happening because of YOU nonsense that is part of my mom's insanity.
Frakking awesome, man.
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ReplyDeleteHey, guess what? The sun came out and the ice melted.
ReplyDeleteit's a MIRACLE!
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