Poll of the Day > My mother sent me this text weeks ago, and since then, I've been losing it.

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EclairReturns
11/08/19 4:16:43 AM
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https://imgur.com/a/5B5duCU

I'd been telling her for weeks and weeks that I wanted to go home by myself while riding the bus. It's one of the only two periods of alone time I have on the weekdays, which is why I had told her repeatedly not to pick me up from work. If she picks me up, she's just going to talk. And all she's going to talk about is how my father is uncaring, how he yells at her, how he will not cooperate with her, and how he is selfish. She's also going to complain about how my sister is irresponsible and spends too much money and how my brother is selfish, as well.

Anyway, she sent me this text a few weeks ago. As I've said before, I don't have any time to myself on the weekdays. When she sent me this text, I feel like I don't really have a choice but to let her drive me home. I feel like she's going to be distraught if I tell her that I don't want to listen to her anymore, which sucks for her, since I'm the only one whom she can talk to about all this familial nonsense. She doesn't like discussing familial troubles with her sisters because they'll look down on her and think her a failure as a wife and a mother. She doesn't want to see a psychologist because she has this stupid fear that the psychologist will gossip around. She cannot discuss this with my siblings because she seems to think they hate her and she cannot discuss these matters with my father because they've been unhappily married for about a decade and a half, now. She doesn't have any friends she can discuss this with, either.

When I think about how emotionally dependent she seems on me, I start to lose it. I need my space. She won't leave me alone. I screamed twice today because of how I kept thinking of how I barely have any time to myself, except on the weekends when I can go to the library and not care about any of this nonsense. She keeps saying that she wants to get a house away from my father, and hopes that I will live with her, when I really don't want to. I just don't feel like talking to her about any of this because I'm afraid of how she'll take it. I've already told her many times before that I don't enjoy being picked up because I want time by myself.
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Mead
11/08/19 4:39:53 AM
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That sounds like a rough situation. You do deserve some alone time, that can be healthy, but it also sounds like your mom is going through a lot of rough stuff and venting to you might be helpful for her.

Maybe you could compromise by letting her give you a ride some days and walking the other times? One day your mom might not be there and you might regret not being there for her.
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EvilMegas
11/08/19 8:03:12 AM
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Sum it up in five words or less.
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Kyuubi4269
11/08/19 8:43:36 AM
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Is your father selfish, or is she just as demanding on him and your siblings as she is on you? So far it sounds like she's just unstable.
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LinkPizza
11/08/19 8:46:14 AM
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Mead posted...
That sounds like a rough situation. You do deserve some alone time, that can be healthy, but it also sounds like your mom is going through a lot of rough stuff and venting to you might be helpful for her.

Maybe you could compromise by letting her give you a ride some days and walking the other times? One day your mom might not be there and you might regret not being there for her.

I agree with Mead. Some people just need someone to vent to sometimes... So, a compromise is probably best...
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Bugmeat
11/08/19 10:21:17 AM
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LinkPizza posted...
I agree with Mead. Some people just need someone to vent to sometimes... So, a compromise is probably best...

It sounds like she has been using him to vent to for a very long time without actually doing anything to try and change the situation. If that is the case TC isn't wrong for wanting it to stop.

You're going through some shit? Yeah, I'll be there and listen if that's what you need. You've been going through the same shit for three years now and just complaining about it to me the whole time? Either do something to fix it or find someone else to bitch about it to. I love you but hearing this same "waah, poor me" spiel all the time and seeing no effort to fix the situation on your end is making me not want to be around you.
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DDirtyDastard
11/08/19 11:39:52 AM
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tl;dr
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DirtBasedSoap
11/08/19 11:46:53 AM
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EvilMegas posted...
Sum it up in five words or less.

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mooreandrew58
11/08/19 8:11:20 PM
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Sounds similar to me except the riding home with her part. I do want to help my mother though and get a place big enough for both of us to remove her from her situation though. But I feel it's partially self serving on my part. Im not super interested in getting into a relationship and while I enjoy my alone time I do also want someone to talk to.

As others have said try to find some compromise.

Why is it you cant get any alone time while not at work? Is there something you can change in your life to give you some alone time?
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EclairReturns
11/08/19 10:52:11 PM
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EvilMegas posted...
five words or less


I want alone time, my mother won't leave me alone because everyone hates her, and it's driving me nuts. It's not fewer than five words, but one line of text is sufficient I should think.

Kyuubi4269 posted...
just as demanding on him and your siblings as she is on you


She expects absolutely nothing from my father, and cannot talk to my brother and sister because she is not comfortable doing so. Both of them give her stress and worry her overmuch.

mooreandrew58 posted...
Is there something you can change in your life to give you some alone time?


Nothing I can think of that's plausible with my current resources and the like.
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FrothySolutions
11/08/19 11:01:39 PM
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Send your mom hugs from me.
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dedbus
11/09/19 12:20:30 AM
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It kinda sounds like everyone has their own way of coping with her issues and pushing her away and you are the last person who she can latch on to. Helping her get past her issues might beyond you and it seems a little more serious than just a little venting.
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wwinterj25
11/09/19 1:42:58 AM
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How dare a mother want to spend sometime with her son!
Still if you really want alone time then tell her. However also make time to see her. Family is important.
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EvilMegas
11/09/19 7:51:54 AM
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Boy that ain't five or less
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Mead
11/09/19 9:42:11 AM
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EvilMegas posted...
Boy that ain't five or less


mom force ride american dollars
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FrothySolutions
11/10/19 10:44:10 PM
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Is your mom okay??? I read this post and now I can't stop worrying about her. If she wants my Twitter she can talk to me there.
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Krazy_Kirby
11/10/19 11:06:25 PM
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sounds like tc might be like his brother
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