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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother always slept all day on vacations. She was a SAHM who pushed independence on her kids, so it's not like she was doing everything for us.

On vacations my brother and I would get up, dressed, breakfast, and play cards or other games while we waited to leave. My dad would sleep "late" like 8am, and then he'd sit around with us waiting. My mother would get up around 2pm and be like "What's everyone doing?" and we'd be bored and frustrated and angry at her and she wouldn't be ready to leave until at least 4pm and act confused as to why we were all grumpy. So annoying.

And, so annoying that she refused to just tell my dad "Go take the kids to the arcade in the morning" or wherever - heaven forbid we did anything without her. It was a weird version of FOMO. It was controlling. [/quote]

Sorry, this is on your dad.  How is his failure to do anything with his own kids your mom’s fault?[/quote]

Because she would have made life miserable for all of us if he did. The guilt trips were astronomical. He’d spend time with us - I remember him teaching me math, the concept of a blind spot while driving complete with diagram, baking with us - we just couldn’t leave the condo/ hotel. [/quote]

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