“I don’t expect them to change, but it drives me mad.”
Here are some of the responses:
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
“Act like children.”
u/beautiful_moody101
3. u/CraftFamiliar5243
4.
“Learned helplessness towards technology.
“My mom never has anything nice to say about my husband.
Literally, everything out of her mouth regarding him is negative.
u/Numerous_Walk_1231
6.
“Make everything about them.”
u/Mysterious_Ad9307
7.
“Turn everything into politics.”
u/Caseated_Omentum
9.
I’m sure my dad cheated on his taxes.
She worries about money and bills every day.
It’s not about having enough, but about the logistics stuff.
“Not respect privacy.”
u/TheLadyFlash
11.
“My mother also used to treat the freezer as ‘indefinite’ storage.
If it could be frozen, we had a surplus.
Whether that’s soup, bread, corn, wtf ever.
‘No, mom, after 12 months, it’s not just as good.”
u/Boomerw4ang
12.
I have asked them repeatedly to yo stop doing that.
I don’t always have my phone with me, or I just don’t hear the buzz.
It doesn’t mean I’m dead.
I’m in my 40s.
Then they were so pissed that I made them worry.
It drives me wild.
Whatever happened to ‘Leave a message and I’ll call you back?’
Both do it, but my mum is the worst.
She will call over and over and over again, dozens of times, within a few minutes.
Then, start with my partner if I don’t answer.
Even if he is at work.”
u/otkabdl
13.
Also that I never call, when they also never call me.
Admittedly, I haven’t spoken to either of them for a few months.
u/Fyrentenemar
14.
If we bring up the experiences they gaslight us or minimize it.”
“Hinting about grandkids.
u/Candiedstars
16.
“They don’t trim meat.
I never liked the chicken or pork chops my mom made because they always had fat or gammy trims.
u/NewPlayer4our
17.
“Constant phone calls for help.
‘What’s my password for X?’
‘App Y is saying it needs an update.’
‘Can you set up the new firestick?’
It’s every time I get a day off.
I have a wife and a child, and I’m 26.
