Happy Birthday, Jilli!
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Happy Birthday, Jilli!
Happy Jilli Day, everyone!
{{{{Beverly & family}}}}
{{{{Matt & family}}}}
Vortex, I'm sorry your mom is being so... difficult, I guess? Knowing the cause of the behavior doesn't alleviate the issues sometimes.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JILLI!!!
Yeah, difficult isn't quite the word. There's some element of intent to be a problem in that, and that's not really it. Also, some of my irritation is that I know that she's going to overextend herself and I will end up having to help her, which will piss me off since I said we shouldn't do this shit in the first place. I also think that she will feel the loss much more keenly when we sit down at our family table than if we were at a restaurant. It would be shitty of me to volunteer to make desserts so that she can't try to get me to come over and help wouldn't it?
What's the likelihood of getting her to change her mind back?
(I'm guessing, since your mother sounds a lot like mine, not high, but I'm tossing it out there, just in case...)
It would be shitty of me to volunteer to make desserts so that she can't try to get me to come over and help wouldn't it?
Volunteering for the bits that are within your own preferences is a time-honored way of controlling the damage that others' plans can cause us. Go for it!
Matt. I'm so, so sorry. This is horrible. All the ~mas in the world for you and your family.
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Happy birthday, Jilli! Woot!