Today, my mother-in-law keeps making fun of how I've "never seen any cool movies." I grew up in severe social isolation/constant physical abuse, and have memory loss from age 13 and below as a result. I've seen them, I just can't remember them, but she refuses to believe it, so I'll never hear the end of it. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my mother went on another long rant, detailing 20 years of bad things that we all already knew about a relative. The slightest recollection in a conversation never fails to turn into unending monologues. I can't change the past, nor the subject of conversation apparently. FML
Today, I told my mom a funny story, and she responded with, “Yeah, I saw it on your Instagram last week.” My life is now reduced to reruns. FML
Today, I'm self isolating with a mother who hogs the remote but doesn't know how to use it, and is so short-sighted she can barely see the TV. Every five minutes, I hear, "What have I done now?", "How have I got onto this then?" and she won't let me help her. FML
Today, thanks to years of verbal abuse from my mother, I can't even watch a ten-minute YouTube video without hearing her voice in my head, telling me to get off my lazy ass and do something. I can't afford therapy. FML
Today, my mother thought it would be funny to sneak into my room at night and scream like a demon, after I'd explained to her how scared I was of The Exorcist movie I had just seen. She claims it wasn't her. FML
Today, I accidentally let slip to my mom that I hardly remember the graduation party she threw me four years ago. She proceeded to verbally assault me for forgetting the special occasion. I had a brain complication two years ago which resulted in some memory loss. Apparently, it's my fault. FML
Today, my mother-in-law confessed that for the longest time, she had fantasies about killing me for "ruining" her daughter's life, basically because I'm not wealthy enough for my mother-in-law's standards. She made sure to let me know the situation hasn't changed at all. FML
Today, I had to listen to my mother painstakingly spell out to me why broken glass is extremely dangerous. Feeling insulted, I jokingly asked her if she thought I was "retarded". I then got yelled at for "swearing." I'm a fucking adult, but my overprotective and condescending mother seems to think otherwise. FML
Today, I went to see a movie with my mum. She kept asking me questions throughout the entire film, and not necessarily about the movie. I lost my cool when she asked me a bit too loudly for comfort if I regretted being dumped my ex. FML
Today, I was yelled at by my mom because I didn't hear her. I'm only 16, but I swear, to some extent, I'm losing my hearing, I don't even know what from. I've told her this, but she can't hear out of one ear, so of course it wouldn't feel real. I do feel bad about it, but I haven't heard her every time this has happened. FML
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Ubehage 32
She sounds toxic.
Crowned Sataness 12
your partner should be stepping up and handling their mother. it's fair to set a boundary that if she brings it up she will be kicked from your house/you will leave hers, and stick to it
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Ubehage 32
She sounds toxic.
Chazzster 32
Assuming these older movies that are a part of our shared culture heritage do not trigger your memories of past hurt, I would suggest watching a few of them. Practically ever movie is available as a video disk or from a streaming service - Amazon Prime has a lot of the older movies. Try one, if it doesn’t trouble you then it’s a way to catch up with our shared culture… Bear in mind that people of different regions, culture, and periods will have different cultural icons. I grew up with the Disney classics and taking my children to Disney movies and these are part of my cultural heritage. My wife didn’t see any Disney movies, to the best of my knowledge, but her parents took her to “Fiddler on the Roof” on broadway and that’s part of her cultural heritage.
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
Sorry for your trauma but it does mean you get to experience all those cool movies for the first time. Perhaps you could even watch them with your MIL as a bonding experience.
Crowned Sataness 12
your partner should be stepping up and handling their mother. it's fair to set a boundary that if she brings it up she will be kicked from your house/you will leave hers, and stick to it
n3rdn3ss 8
She'll eventually reach the age where she can't remember movies/shows she has seen, that's when you can get that sweet, sweet revenge.
reetuuw 3
Sounds like me! Except I actually wasn’t allowed to watch ”cool” movies like starwars, star trek, titanic and indiana jones because in my moms opinion I was at a three year olds level mentally.
TampaLex 3
let. it. go. your upset about something that doesn’t matter. protect your happiness, and let the little things roll off. your awesome p