NOW WHAT?! (A rant about my mother)

[Tewligan]

You make your coffee. Trod over to the source of your caffeine and get done what needs to get done.

Pretty much my advice. You're in your OWN house - why the hell are you letting your mother chase you out of your kitchen? Just ignore her and get your damn coffee is she's going to act like a child.

 

[Whitemouse]

So I had it out with my mom earlier this morning and she basically told me that she is annoyed with me for not being tied down to a serious relationship.

So I told her that things with me and Jonathan got kicked up a notch on Monday night. Anyway long story short, that combined with the fact that I wasn't awarded full custody of my son by the court pushed her over the edge (of course that was two years ago so ). I calmly told her my rule, which was her rule for me when I was younger; As long as you are living under my roof I will not be disrespected.

She smiled and we hugged. Glad thats out of the way, now we can focus our energies on entertaining Joseph when he gets dropped off by my ex tomorrow night.

 

[The_Warlock]

Ah, communication...always a winner.

Good for you.

 

[megamania]

Excellent news. Its never good to be fighting with your folks.

 

[Dioltach]

So I had it out with my mom earlier this morning and she basically told me that she is annoyed with me for not being tied down to a serious relationship.

What is it with people who think that you have to be in a serious relationship to be happy, or a fully developed human being, or worthy of people's respect, or whatever?

Of course, I know nothing about your situation except what you just posted here, but not being in a relationship is not in the same league as being a highschool dropout who's never had a job and lives off his or her parents' money. I can understand some exasperation in those cases. Growing up means standing on your own two feet, after all, and you can't expect people to support you if you're not willing to make an effort to support yourself. But in my opinion, there's no rule that says that the meaning of life is to be in a committed relationship (I've been happily married for five years, by the way, so this isn't a rant about people hassling me). What right does anyone, even your mother, have to get annoyed about you being single?

As an aside, my views on people being "out of sorts", so to speak, is that if they don't tell me that there's a problem they can't expect me to take it into consideration.

 

[Achan hiArusa]

Well my father thought that my college career was a failure since I never got married and produced him grandchildren. Even after he passed 11 years ago, I still haven't given him grandchildren (or gotten married), but there are days I would want him to be around just so I could rant about him.

 

[Morrus]

But I'm also 6'1", 220lbs.

You find that an advantage when dealing with your mother?

 

[frankthedm]

You find that an advantage when dealing with your mother?

I'm fairly confident that was to indicate the development of his style of dealing with people was influenced by his mass. Kinda like saying "I am used to dealing with people like I was a gruff grizzly because I am shaped like a gruff grizzly. YMMV with my technique."

 

[Lord Xtheth]

You find that an advantage when dealing with your mother?

Yeah, I'm 5'10" , 300lbs, and some of that's muscle. I'm still afraid of my mom! She can beat my ass, your ass, and a random strangers ass without breaking a sweat!
My mom's hardcore.

Edit: By "your" I mean anyone reading this post... not just you, Morrus

 

[Whitemouse]

Well, my mother left on Tuesday so my household is now safe from her.

At least until the next time she visits.