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[quote=Anonymous][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]

+1. Maybe she emphasized independence for you and your brother because her own spouse was useless and codependent and incapable of planning even half a day of activities with his own kids while his wife relaxed.

Also even as a working mom, I know that so much a parent does for their kids goes unnoticed or appreciated. I too push independence on my kids and doing that is WORK. There are many days when it would be easier to just do thinks for my kids, but I want them to learn to do it on their own, which may pay off in the long run but in the short run requires a lot more patience, planning, and parenting from me. Your mom was probably exhausted.[/quote]

Nope, he was totally capable. We would even sit around talking with him about what we could do that my mom wouldn’t want to do, so she wouldn’t feel like she missed out on something good. But no, he asked and she wanted to WATCH us go go- karting. Or she MIGHT like that movie if she just saw it. [/quote]

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