Medusa
Full Member
And now all hell will break loose... I just reached the point where I knew to carry on the conversation would lead me to explode and say things - well not that I'd regret saying to her but that I knew would cause a complete rift so I said I really could not continue the conversation and hung up.
It's been on the cards for a while tbh. Came to a head this week when a dear friend of mine died suddenly (on my birthday as it happened). I sent a text to my mum as I was feeling very down and received a reply that was frankly callous and glib and went on to comment on her "hard life" socialising with her friends.
I've been in work all week - children at home as it's their Easter break. At supper yesterday I remarked that we'd not heard anything from my parents (in that the kids and not had an egg/money) they told me they had a card and a fiver each 2 days ago. As I was telling them they had to call to say thank you she text me to ask if they'd had the card and I explained I'd just been told ... they called her 2 mins later. OK - they were unthinking but that's teenagers.
Tonight she called and whilst talking about other things told me she was very cross that I'd not had them say thank you immediately and knew they'd only called because she'd sent the text - which is not the case. It was sheer coincidence she text seconds after they told me ... but it's all my fault it seems.
She has a history of making very hurtful comments and she rarely gets picked up on it. Yet it's OK for her to be "hurt" at slights she perceives and no-one has actually made...
Sometimes I really loathe her but I love my Dad so I bite my tongue time and again. She'll have the hump now for bloody weeks.
Sorry to witter on ... had to vent somewhere.
It's been on the cards for a while tbh. Came to a head this week when a dear friend of mine died suddenly (on my birthday as it happened). I sent a text to my mum as I was feeling very down and received a reply that was frankly callous and glib and went on to comment on her "hard life" socialising with her friends.
I've been in work all week - children at home as it's their Easter break. At supper yesterday I remarked that we'd not heard anything from my parents (in that the kids and not had an egg/money) they told me they had a card and a fiver each 2 days ago. As I was telling them they had to call to say thank you she text me to ask if they'd had the card and I explained I'd just been told ... they called her 2 mins later. OK - they were unthinking but that's teenagers.
Tonight she called and whilst talking about other things told me she was very cross that I'd not had them say thank you immediately and knew they'd only called because she'd sent the text - which is not the case. It was sheer coincidence she text seconds after they told me ... but it's all my fault it seems.
She has a history of making very hurtful comments and she rarely gets picked up on it. Yet it's OK for her to be "hurt" at slights she perceives and no-one has actually made...
Sometimes I really loathe her but I love my Dad so I bite my tongue time and again. She'll have the hump now for bloody weeks.
Sorry to witter on ... had to vent somewhere.