leatherpens t1_j7zxfvb wrote
Yeah that sucks. When I first started dating my girlfriend freshmen year of college (at a college 4 hours away from her parents and we both lived in the dorms) she texted her parents that she was going golfing with a friend, she came back to the dorm, left her phone in her golf bag, came over to my room and she fell asleep on the couch for like an hour and a half, then went to her phone and saw like 10 missed calls and a million texts of her mom freaking out over her not responding to her. For not even 5 hours. On a weekend. At college. She called her and she was crying and saying how she was about to call the police in our town, over her 18 year old daughter not responding to texts, for not even 5 hours. On a weekend. At college.
Godspeed on getting the fuck away from your crazy grandparents. You'll feel so much better when you do.
d3gu t1_j80lhuq wrote
My mum did this sort of thing until my early 30s, and tbh the reason she stopped doing it is because she passed away. I wish I could say I put down boundaries but it never worked.
An example that sticks out is - I get home from work exhausted. Have a nap on the sofa that lasts longer than planned cause I was so tired. Get woken up by my annoyed lodger because my mum is ringing him asking where I am. They swapped numbers for EMERGENCIES ONLY (eg if anything went wrong with the house and I, his landlady, was unreachable). He was like, I'm not your secretary lol.
She claimed it was an emergency. What, because a 30 yo woman didn't answer her phone for 4 hours on a weeknight?
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