Pardon me while I vent a little:
Mom decided 3:09AM* was the perfect time to start a discussion about a cousin who is currently staying with us because he and his mom had a blowout. After 20 minutes of texting about minutiae of the situation that seemed even LESS important at this time of day, I wandered off to talk to her face to face.
Mom thinks he listens to me more than her. He does...about gaming, anime, food, etc. About handling life challenges and social norms? Coin toss. Nonetheless, she wants me to tell him the same stuff she did a few days ago. Which I did, a few days ago. But she wants me to do it again. In the morning.
I pointed out to her she and Dad own the house, not me- I have no real authority to lay down the law, as it were. So Mom got huffy with me...and woke Dad up. Short discussion occurred.
In case you’re wondering, NO! The solution is NOT swapping households with my cousin. Mom may be nuts, but my aunt is dangerous. (IMHO, of course.)
* usually, I’m not asleep at that time, and she knows it. But I was under the weather all weekend so I went to bed early (without telling her) and the topic was really unimportant to discuss RIGHT NOW- I was a tad peeved.
Mom decided 3:09AM* was the perfect time to start a discussion about a cousin who is currently staying with us because he and his mom had a blowout. After 20 minutes of texting about minutiae of the situation that seemed even LESS important at this time of day, I wandered off to talk to her face to face.
Mom thinks he listens to me more than her. He does...about gaming, anime, food, etc. About handling life challenges and social norms? Coin toss. Nonetheless, she wants me to tell him the same stuff she did a few days ago. Which I did, a few days ago. But she wants me to do it again. In the morning.
I pointed out to her she and Dad own the house, not me- I have no real authority to lay down the law, as it were. So Mom got huffy with me...and woke Dad up. Short discussion occurred.
In case you’re wondering, NO! The solution is NOT swapping households with my cousin. Mom may be nuts, but my aunt is dangerous. (IMHO, of course.)
* usually, I’m not asleep at that time, and she knows it. But I was under the weather all weekend so I went to bed early (without telling her) and the topic was really unimportant to discuss RIGHT NOW- I was a tad peeved.