Tough Talk,
My Mom and I are like best friends. We do so much together. For awhile, however, she kept pushing me to have her grandkids. Finally, I told her that I would not be having kids and she took it well and everything was fine . . . until last week when she got nasty and pushy and inferred I was not being a good daughter, which was very offensive Tough Talk. She also canceled a dinner date which our friends were all looking forward to. What do you think TT? (Westhaven, NM)
Westy,
I’d tell your mother to get over it and stop being a miserable harridan. Tell her that she has no god damn right to tell you how to live your life. To the make the point, for her birthday, bring over a dog, cat or other animal as a gift. I’m sure she won’t welcome it and maybe it will get through her thick skull that she shouldn’t make demands on you that require enormous responsibility. However, it sounds like she does not have the brain power to get this concept. You will of course have to come up with something else. Be creative. (Borrow the animal, which will have to be returned. If she actually wants to keep it, taking it away will offend her – which is what you want to do.)
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