Tiny Rant.
Last edited Thu Jan 26, 2012, 12:52 AM - Edit history (1)
I have a "home office".
My mother lives across the street from me.
She comes over EVERY DAY.
Sometimes several times a day.
She never wants to "get in the way".
She thinks she's "no bother".
The *ucking dogs go apeshit when she charges through the door,
it's even louder if I lock the door and she starts pounding away at it.
This presents a huge problem when I am pretending that I am "on the road"
when I'm talking to my superiors or customers.
She comes over "just for coffee", because she just can't seem to
make "good coffee" herself (a VICTIM of early television advertising).
I have asked her COUNTLESS TIMES, "Mom, if I worked in an office,
would you barge in and start bombarding me with questions, or
WORSE, an accounting of YOUR DAY "...well, I made my bed, then I
did TWO loads of laundry, packed up the last of the christmas decorations....."
She won't stop coming over, and I can't find it in my heart to FORBID her.
She will sometimes just go upstairs, grab a cup of coffee, slurp it down
and then leave, and I really believe that the coffee jolt is part of her
addiction to barging in on me. (if I close my office door when she comes in, she will
wait outside with a hang-dog expression until I come out and acknowledge her.)
She never comes over after 5, when we're not working, because we refuse to stop what
we're doing and make a fuss over her. She used to come in and demand that we turn
the TV down or pause it to pay attention to her, but we've broken her of THAT. There
would be no problem if she would just blend in with the family, or if she had ANY
*UCKING CLUE about what the term "companionable silence" means.
I love my mother.
But.....
Thanks for the rant platform.
That is all.
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I have to turn off DU when she's here, because if I'm on DU, she can
see that I'm "not working" and should give her the full attention
she craves.
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Who's there with you?
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I usually just laugh it off, but today I just needed to rant.
My husband worked out of the house until this February,
and she used to barge in on HIM every day, as I am in and out.
She is very involved with her church, and works in the resale
shop there 2 days a week. She has knitting club and her genealogy group.
We go out to dinner or have her over at least twice a week.
I've told her that the best time to come over is right after five, when I wind down and
I can give her the full attention that she demands, because during the
work day, I'm trying to produce contracts and contact clients.
I have 4 siblings, but when my father died, she moved in across
the street from me, because, get this, my siblings drive HER nuts!
Better keep a LOT of cream handy.
Miss you guys. I miss that even. Of course, because I don't have to deal with it on a daily basis. 
I wish she could still come over every day to make my dogs crazy. 
I wish she could see her grandkids and great grandkids.....Count your blessings......
I wish she could have met my fiance. 
then all you can be is a good example to your kids.
When I worked in the Nursing home, I use to wonder why some of these folks were....abandon. But then as I have gotten older, I realize some people have karma coming their way. If you are not a nice person to be around when they are young, don't expect them to be around when you are old.
Kudos to you
I know this woman and the visual you have just given me has me
as long as she has one foot in the grave and the other on a bananna peel.
After a certain age all men are looking for is a Nurse and a purse. I caution all the baby nurses to watch out, I have seen my share.
So get her a pair of scrubs and let her out at the senior center. She'll have a date before you make the block
And a 250 foot driveway where you can't see the house and cars from the street.
Seriously, my stepfather would come over every fucking day like I was the local fucking bar or barber shop and it had to stop.
Also, friends from the past, salesmen, fuck that shit.
