Today, my OCD mother got mad because I wouldn't let her turn the fan over my head at a higher speed than low. She's got every other fan going at high speed but not aimed at herself, while I'm trying to work from home without the wind in my face for 8 hours. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I returned home to find out that my new and very expensive computer had overheated. I confronted my mom, and she told me that she had covered up the fan because she didn't like the noise. FML
Today, my mother complained all day while I'm trying to work from home. I started getting chest pains from the stress of everything having to be perfect or she has one of her meltdowns. FML
Today, I was doing homework in the living room when my mom came in and started blasting music and cleaning. When I asked if she could turn it off so I could study, she bitched at me about "My house, my rules." She also has a rule that we can’t do homework in our rooms because of too many distractions. FML
Today, in the middle of this heatwave, my mom has a fan in her bedroom and her precious dog has two fans pointing at her dog bed, which she apparently needs because she could overheat, poor thing. Meanwhile, I have zero fans in my room and can't sleep from the heat, but I get told to just deal with it. FML
Today, my mom's obsession with cleanliness hit a new low when she bitched at me for having trash in my trash can. FML
Today, I had to hear yet another round of complaints about relatives or things from decades past from my broken record of a mother, who doesn't respect my need to quietly work from home. I'm about ready to smash my own head against the wall to get some peace and quiet, but I have to get this report done. FML
Today, I was officially diagnosed with OCD. My mother's reaction? "That's not possible, she's a fucking slob." FML
Today, I was formally diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive tendencies. My mom saw this as an excuse to make me clean the whole house top to bottom, because "Hey, you love to clean." FML
Today, I noticed that the longer I work from home, the more inclined my mother is to interrupting it every five or ten minutes. She says I can stay online late to make it a full 8 hours, but then gets mad when I actually do so. FML
Today, as every morning since I started working from home, my mother interrupts me with her complaints about family members and old history. I'm not qualified to be a family therapist, and I need this job to pay my bills. She doesn't take the hint with my headphones on, but heaven help me if I interrupt her TV show later. FML
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RichardPencil 32
Yeah, you're ruining everything. All fans have to run at the same speed or you'll create a vortex and an indoor tornado! Your mom doesn't have OCD -- she has common sense and SCIENCE!
Chazzster 32
Let me guess: (1) No air conditioning (2) Mom is heavier than OP (heavy people, under the same conditions, tend to feel warmer.) Hopefully OP has found an area to do her working that’s not in the main living areas so that they are less interrupted by Mom.
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RichardPencil 32
Yeah, you're ruining everything. All fans have to run at the same speed or you'll create a vortex and an indoor tornado! Your mom doesn't have OCD -- she has common sense and SCIENCE!
notthatoldyet 15
Maybe suggest turning all the fans to low power? Happy medium?
notthatoldyet 15
Maybe suggest turning all the fans to low power? Happy medium?
Chazzster 32
Let me guess: (1) No air conditioning (2) Mom is heavier than OP (heavy people, under the same conditions, tend to feel warmer.) Hopefully OP has found an area to do her working that’s not in the main living areas so that they are less interrupted by Mom.