Uh huh...
So my mom did get back to me about ten minutes after I made that post, or four hours after I originally texted her--usually an hour and a half after her typical bed time, even--and said yes to going out. This morning she texted me saying her husband was feeling unwell and she needed to stay home to take care of their dog. So I had to walk all over the western third of this city in multiple trips to run my few errands. There went almost half my day for a questionable excuse paired with oh-so-convenient timing.
If I ever had kids, I'd have to put in the extra effort to break this cycle and raise them better than their borderline X/Boomer grandma turned out; let me tell you. -.-
Maybe at that point I'd end up cutting her off entirely.
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