And I was just very rude to my Mom on the phone. She was calling me from Taiwan, but my blood pressure shot up about a thousand points because she just started listing a shitload of things for me to do. I don’t mind doing them, but she didn’t even give me a chance to get a pen and write it all down.
And then I said that I needed to write this stuff down and she was all “let me tell you what I need first, then you can write it down.” And I was all like, “And then you have to repeat everything you just said? No thanks.”
Oh, and I am kind of under a lot of pressure right now. I started telling her why and she was all “Calm down!” This is good advice, but it would’ve been more welcome if it hadn’t followed a litany of “to do”s.
But I didn’t forget to tell her that I loved her at the end of all that.
There’s probably an official medical term for the “Mom reaction” - it only happens with them.
So, did you get them all written down?
Ah, the parent-child bond! As long as at the end of the conversation, you both agree that you still love each other, all is well with the world…
i can relate- my mom is the same way. she tells me that if i am busy writing down what she says i am not actually listening to her. ??? i don’t get it…
What else are moms for? It’s their job to drive u insane sometimes?