How crazy is your mother?

[Orrex]

[BlueIris]

1. She's a whole lotta crazy in one tiny box.

[Mad_Dem_X]

2. Mom's crazy, but Mother-in-law is worse. n/t

[DarkTirade]

3. My whole mother's side of the family would be considered 'eccentric' if they had any money.

[KitchenWitch]

4. There has to be a back story to this post/poll!

:P

[Connonym]

5. Batshit wasn't an option so I had to pick other

Sadly, part of it is dementia and part a result of a brain injury. My grandmother is totally batshit, totally. So was her mom. I eat ginkgo like it was M&M's and pray that they find a way to fix that before I'm fully around the bend myself.

[flamingyouth]

6. If she gets a snag in the carpet, she calls in a professional to repair it.

[wildhorses]

7. dizzy blonde headed into demented territory --

ocd and hypochondria with a mix of spoiled rotten throw in for good measure. oh, and she is a cancer x(

so, how do i vote?

[FloridaJudy]

8. Mad as a Hatter

My ex used to refer to my family gatherings as "the Mad Tea Party". Unfortunately, that was a fairly apt description.

His own family wasn't much better, though.

[midnight armadillo]

9. Maybe not crazy...

...but pathologically narcissistic? Quite possibly. Emotionally and verbally abusive? Oh, yes. There are good reasons why she's never met one of her grandsons.

[ceile]

15. Sis/Bro, is that you?

You just described my mother to a tee.

[midnight armadillo]

16. You are not alone...

Curiously enough, as the most ignored of the three siblings by our mother, I am by far the best-adjusted and socially normal. My mother tried to schedule our WEDDING around my 10-year-younger sister's summer club soccer league games. I digress.

My wife is on a mom's interest board. Someone posted about how their difficult in-law went batshit after the first child was born, and like 30 people followed up with similar stories.

So if you don't have kids yet, take cover when you do.

[TahitiNut]

10. Mild NPD ... plus contrarian and co-dependent personality

[SteppingRazor]

11. My mom is actually remarkably sane.

As normal and average as white bread. Obviously, I've failed her as a son. If she's not crazy by now, I did something wrong.

[libnnc]

12. So crazy she's done sprung a leak in her dingy

But Mama says it so much better.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RqzclCLrP0

[mainegreen]

13. Picks the lobby lock, enters the apartment screaming 'anyone home?' crazy. n/t

[huskerlaw]

14. Bush-supporter crazy.

Unfortunately.

[Initech]

17. Crazy... maybe "insane in the membrane" category.

Let's put it this way - I've never seen anyone clean the whole house before the cleaning lady comes.

[QMPMom]

21. My biological-so-called-mother used to make us do that.

n/t

[triguy46]

18. Does Alzheimer's count?

[QMPMom]

19. Biological-So-Called-Mother: Truly was committed at one

time. Had nearly 40 electro-shock treatments and needed about 1000 more. Was as abusive as hell and a miserable bitch of a woman. She hated me and I hated her. If she were alive there is no way I would let her even know I had children, let alone meet them. I was pissed off when I found out Dad took my son to her grave a few years ago. I refuse to go.

Step-Mother: An absolute Angel. A real, living, breathing Angel. Though she does manage to piss me off about once every 5 to 10 years. She probably could use a little grief counselling, but really pretty mentally healthy.

[DS1]

20. Quite normal, actually

Until my teens :evilgrin:

[Midlodemocrat]

25. PMing GCP as we speak.

:hide:

[SoxFan]

22. Molly Weasley crazy

Warm, protective of the brood, and definitely peculiar in a cool sort of way.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Mom is very selective with her crazies.

When they're most evident is when she's being critical of her children and grandchildren.

[Omphaloskepsis]

24. Well, she has spent half of my life in jail for killing my father..

Well, one year for killing my dad. And 13 years for a probation violation.

[Bjornsdotter]

26. You win

...I got nothin'


I am sorry that you had to go through that, it had to be really tough. :hug:

[graywarrior]

27. My mom died of cancer. Before she died she cursed my dad saying he wouldn't last a year

after she went. He died almost a year to the day she did.

Before she died, she visited radio stations in Boston and got herself on the air with dj's talking bullshit. She was nuts.

[Nikia]

28. She has anxiety and body image problems

She is studying for a docotrate in clinical psychology. I wonder if she has reached the same conclusion that I have.

[Mutley]

29. That woman has more issues than, well, me.

And that's just sad.

[Book Lover]

30. I hope my kid will someday choose the

"So crazy, she just might work" option!