Resigned in Journal

  • Aug. 18, 2020, 4:29 p.m.
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I am resigned, I think, to the fact that my mother is incapable of behaving in any reasonable way around me.
I decided to lay down just 2 boundaries with her. She mowed over both of them the very next time we met.
In my opinion, they were not even very difficult or unreasonable. First, I asked that she not share any opinions that she had about myself. I said, “I don’t want to know what you think about me, my situation, or how you feel about what I’m doing. It’s very disconcerting to me when you tell me that you’re worried that I’m depressed, and then act in the complete opposite way.”
The second request I had, was to refrain from making decisions about me, for me, or that had anything to do with me, without discussion and agreement. “I brought this up last week,” I told her, “That I was unhappy about the way that you made the decision about Cloud. I just ask that you not make decisions concerning me without explicit agreement.”
Then, on Monday she visited and announced that she had gotten us “something” and that it would be here in the mail. And that she thought we would like it.
She also told me “M- you look look so much better today. You look like you’ve lost weight.”
“What?” I asked, surprised.
“I just said you look good. You’ve lost some weight.” she repeated.
I hmm‘d in understanding.

I think, I’m just going to tell her that I don’t want to talk to her at all anymore until she provides me some kind of evidence that she’s changed. Maybe I’ll tell her that I need her to get therapy. Not sure how she’ll prove it.
She wants to weasel her way in by coming over weekly to get eggs, buy chicken and beef from me, etc. Maybe I’ll leave it out in a cooler. Or not sell to her.
Frankly, I get more $ for the produce from other people anyways. And other people don’t cause me any grief.


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