Okay y'all are worrying me now with the things you don't tell your parents. But maybe I just had some weirdly open relationship with mine? I dunno. I mean, by the end of their lives there were things I didn't tell, especially my mom, but that was sort of a special case. I would have told the old version of her, but mom 2.0 just couldn't comprehend it.
Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Mar 05, 2012 8:02:43 pm PST #25354 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Consuela - Mar 05, 2012 8:04:40 pm PST #25355 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And yes, I hope your mother is doing better, Lee. {{hugs}}
meara - Mar 05, 2012 8:18:52 pm PST #25356 of 30001
Oh, I fully admit my relationship with my parents is not a great one.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 05, 2012 8:34:05 pm PST #25357 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't tell my parents about anything infectuous I may catch, because I don't want Mom coming over to nursemaid me and then taking germs back to Dad with his weak immune system and weird reactions to antibiotics. But injuries and anything requiring a specific visit to a doctor I'm quick to share, as quid pro quo of not finding out about hospital visits on their parts a week after the fact. I think I have finally driven home to them that major health issues for either of them are more important than whatever I'm doing at work at the moment.
Mom once waited until after 6pm to ask me to take her to the cardiac unit for chest pains bcause she "didn't want to bother me at work." I had to remind myself that wringing her neck would be counterproductive in a situation involving concerns about her health.
Atropa - Mar 05, 2012 8:51:20 pm PST #25358 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Lee, I hope your mom is doing better.
Three days before my mom went into ICU, she had been in the hospital about the symptoms she was having. She decided she was fine, and convinced the staff and my dad to let her go home. She also forbade dad to tell me, because she didn't want to worry me.
... yeah, I still have some unresolved anger about that. I think I always will. And I would give anything in the world to be able to have her back and tell her how angry I am.
Burrell - Mar 05, 2012 9:12:38 pm PST #25359 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh Jilli, I'm so sorry. I know the feeling, there are things I am still mad at my dad about although I no longer really feel the heat of the anger anymore.
Lee - Mar 05, 2012 9:27:08 pm PST #25360 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
hugs Jilli.
Theodosia - Mar 06, 2012 2:43:26 am PST #25361 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I haven't told my mom about the Celexa prescription, first because it would make her worry, but also because that way she doesn't treat me different, so that I can get a good read on how it changes my reactions to her.
Zenkitty - Mar 06, 2012 3:07:56 am PST #25362 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I never told my mom anything but happy news unless I absolutely had to tell her. She didn't handle bad news well.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 06, 2012 3:31:13 am PST #25363 of 30001
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I never told my mom anything but happy news unless I absolutely had to tell her.
Me too. I get my "catastrophizing" from my mom, so if I am having a bad day and work, and thinking "Wow, I hope things get better, because I could get reprimanded!" and I tell my mom-- she will respond "You will lose your job! And then not be able to pay rent! What are you going to do!?!?!"