And then there is that dire exasperation when you realize that you did not, in fact, manage to escape family manufactured drama for the first year in forever when your mother refuses to accept the word “No” as a valid answer when someone else cancels a function that nobody wants to go to and she demands you accommodate the new schedule that the other party demands be met even though there is no one particularly interested in said event.
“But the girls need this meeting with second cousins they haven’t played with in four years and they have nothing in common with while their father drinks himself stupid and you are forced to put up with his antics for four hours. What do you mean that the girls return to school the next morning after a break where they’ve both been sick and they should really rest up beforehand and not have a late night?”
Yes, everyone talks in run on sentences in this family when operating on high drama…
Of course they are still invited to her house so my mother can turn on the Catholic guilt trip for my benefit at the last minute… You know, because it’s happening anyway.
And people wonder why I hate family gatherings. Huh.
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Ohhhh myyyyyy… it’s a mystery!
I well remember such gatherings organised by my late female in-law. All part of the idea of family for some people. Sorry you’re suffering it still. 😐
I’ve would think after this many years my mother might t recognize the most certain way to get me to do the opposite of what someone would like me to do is to try and force me to do something on their terms without any agency.
Apparently that still hasn’t sunk in.
I don’t think they did reverse psychology back in their day. That and/or they belong to that curious group of people who think if they repeat something – a request, a desire, whatever – often enough, those hearing it will begin to agree. Which is never the case, in my experience. 🙁
They’ve got a case study right here 😂
Oh well. I’ve got my back up and the stubborn streak is rearing its ugly mug.
I know the feeling. I have scars on my back from it being stuck to the ceiling so often, lol. 🙂
I hear you.
😢
May you ring in the New Year with peace! Hopefully your girls inherit your stubborn streak so they can withstand the drama! 🤞
I only hope they manage it better than I do, but I also avoid like hell giving them guilt trips like the ones I have lived with my whole life. Thanks!
Also this might help with the stress….https://youtu.be/HsvyjePPFRs?si=A8IP6nh2jdPhnp-V
LMFAO. Yeah, that’s about how I felt yesterday. 🤣
Or….https://youtu.be/92i5m3tV5XY?si=qAP_yqmGukUNAtqv 🤣
I’ve always said, meditation helps you let that shit go. 🤣
🤣 Indeed! Very much know that scenario! Smile and wave!
Then put a fist through the wall when no one is looking. [whistles innocently]
🤣