Today, I have to cook for her if I don’t want her to live on sweets, remind her to actually eat her food before it goes bad, then clean and put away her dishes. When I ask her to help, she complains that she "can never do it right anyway." My teenage daughter? No, my mom, age 62. 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 woke up and headed downstairs ready to do the dishes, when my mom hissed at me to, “go do the dishes!” As I was washing them, my mom stood over me the whole time. She eventually said, “You know, it’s pretty fucking sad that I still have to tell you to do these things.” FML
Today, my mother-in-law called me selfish, lazy and a bad mother for giving my kids chores, like picking up toys and shoes. When we got married, my husband didn’t even know how to load a dishwasher or run a load of laundry. According to her, a "real mother" waits on her family hand and foot. Yeah, OK. FML
Today, I got a very accusatory phone call from my daughter's teacher. According to my daughter, I absolutely refuse to let her eat in the morning. In reality, I told her it’s her responsibility to get herself up and get breakfast on her own before we leave. My daughter is 17 years old. FML
Today, I've pretty much given up hope that she’ll ever learn to tidy up after herself. I just wish I could dock her allowance every time she makes me clean up her mess. Why can’t I? Because I’m not actually her mother. In fact, she’s mine. FML
Today, my teenage daughter insisted it was my job to take down the tray full of empty dishes, because I was the one who had carried it upstairs. Sound logic, so far. Why had I carried the tray upstairs? To serve her breakfast in bed. FML
Today, my mom volunteered me to watch her cousin’s 7-year-old daughter overnight. She’s a nice kid, but sadly the mom has babied her so much that she literally can’t do a thing for herself. She needed help wiping, bathing and even brushing her teeth. Her mom does it all and never taught her differently. FML
Today, my mom asked my siblings and me for help cleaning the kitchen. After working for a half hour while all my siblings sat on the couch, I pointed out that I was the only one working. My mom thanked my siblings for not having attitudes like mine and sent me to my room. FML
Today, my wife doesn't like to cook. She doesn't like when I cook, because I enjoy cooking and she says I'm "making her feel guilty." She also doesn't want to order take out, as it's "a foolish waste of money." The fuck are we supposed to eat? FML
Today, and ever since my boyfriend moved in, I've learned just how much his mother did everything for him and never taught him how to adult. In the last month I've had to show him how to cook, clean the house, do laundry and drying, use the vacuum, pay household bills, and he still moans its too hard. FML
Today, my 17-year-old daughter didn't do the laundry. Her excuse? "If it was meant to be done, it would have done itself." This is the same daughter who yesterday tried convincing me she was responsible enough to get a dog. FML
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diraven 15
Threaten to put her in a home
DarkAngelsBlade 25
Unless she's got a disability that's causing this behavior, like Alzheimer's or dementia, why do you care so much how a grown woman lives her life? Just because she raised you doesn't mean you have to take care of her as she ages. Yes it's nice to do and sure you love her, but she was adult enough for years to take care of you, supposedly, so why can't she take care of herself? You're obviously going way out of your way, and it's affecting you greatly. Some people just don't deserve it. If she's a mentally healthy 60 year old, she's taking advantage of you.
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diraven 15
Threaten to put her in a home
samomaha 17
"Shady Pines, Ma, SHADY PINES!!"
Yummi_913 18
That would be unusually bad even for a teenager....
DarkAngelsBlade 25
Unless she's got a disability that's causing this behavior, like Alzheimer's or dementia, why do you care so much how a grown woman lives her life? Just because she raised you doesn't mean you have to take care of her as she ages. Yes it's nice to do and sure you love her, but she was adult enough for years to take care of you, supposedly, so why can't she take care of herself? You're obviously going way out of your way, and it's affecting you greatly. Some people just don't deserve it. If she's a mentally healthy 60 year old, she's taking advantage of you.