WTF mom!!

1SwtWld

I just can't believe it.  She's been pissing me off all day, questioning everything I do.  I'm making DH's family's sauce and meatballs and she quesitons every step of the recipe. She then proceeds to tell me that it requires oregano and bay leaves.  Their recipe calls for olive oil, garlic, onion, basil, tomato paste, tomato puree and salt and pepper.  No where does it call for oregano and bay.  Oregano is for pizza sauce, basil for pasta.  I tell her DO NOT put oregano or bay in the sauce.  LEAVE IT ALONE.  I go to pump for 20 mins, DH takes care of Gianna in the bedroom and mom is left to her own devices.  What does she do? She puts oregano in the sauce "because it needed it". WTF mom!!!  I asked her why, after I explicitely told her not to, did she put oregano in the sauce.  "it needed it". she says.  Ok, if I was not making DH's family's sauce, you can do whatever you want, but I am making DH's sauce.  I am so pissed at her.  I know, let it go.  But she does crap like this ALL THE TIME.  Good thing there's plenty of beer and wine here.  I'm going to need it,.

thegan

ahhh the holidays...you gotta love them!  haha  I've been fed up with little things my mom and MIL have been doing lately too!  Example...MIL called today and I missed it, thankfully she got ahold of SO cuz she was ready to pay for a puppy for DS and decided last second to check with us.  We have 2 dogs already!  I don't know if it's the stress that makes me pick at every little thing or if the holidays make them go crazy!

Heather & Nayt

I think there is something written somewhere that tells moms to go nuts over the holidays. Both my mom and my MIL are driving me crazy too... and i live 8 and 3 hours away respectively.

jamie4duke

My mom informed me today that if we take the "babies" (Um yeah, Teagan is 3, but whatev) out, we need to pack lots of blankets, food, water, formula, milk, etc.  Um yeah duh Mom.  IF we go out.  That isn't going to happen.  I'm not a complete idiot.

 

christina-marie

Handing you a beer helmet with double twisty straws. In a perfect world, meh..., it's just sauce. But in the real world, WTF?! I think sometimes our parents have a really hard time learning how to parent ADULTS instead of parenting CHILDREN (somewhat understandable but still...) Maybe it's time you tell her, listen, I know you mean well but when you pull crap like that it makes me feel...XYZ. I can tell you that it happens to me ALL THE TIME, and it makes me feel like the people who are supposed to know me and love me feel like I can't accomplish even the most menial task without their direction and or input. I know that's not what they intend but it's so incredibly frustrating and they know me better than to think I can't complete the simplest of tasks.

1SwtWld

christina-marie:

Handing you a beer helmet with double twisty straws. In a perfect world, meh..., it's just sauce. But in the real world, WTF?! I think sometimes our parents have a really hard time learning how to parent ADULTS instead of parenting CHILDREN (somewhat understandable but still...) Maybe it's time you tell her, listen, I know you mean well but when you pull crap like that it makes me feel...XYZ. I can tell you that it happens to me ALL THE TIME, and it makes me feel like the people who are supposed to know me and love me feel like I can't accomplish even the most menial task without their direction and or input. I know that's not what they intend but it's so incredibly frustrating and they know me better than to think I can't complete the simplest of tasks.

Why are you being rational?  J/K.  You are totally right.  I get too frustrated by the little things.  FWIW, she apologized after dinner and acknowledged that my sauce was awesome.  Of course it was.  I made it perfectly.  And I know I'm being a b!!tch about it, but I know I'm right.  I did a good job.