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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom is hit or miss in terms of helping. Sometimes she's great, but if she doesn't get enough attention, she'll play the martyr and be a total pain. It's stressful.

For example, after my daughter was born she asked what I wanted to eat.  I said I was craving a steak. There's a grocery store 2 blocks from my condo. Instead of buying a couple steaks, my mom bought about 30 pounds of meat. Why you ask? She wanted to make sure I got enough protein. Then she made the whole apartment reek of food while she prepared all of it. Of course, meat is perishable so we ended up having to throw away lots of it. But she got to complain about how her arms were killing her from carrying the heavy groceries and cooking nonstop. (Note that we got groceries delivered at that point, so the grocery store was more as a backup if we forgot an item or 2) She complained for months about hauling the super heavy groceries and played the martyr - again.

I'm always afraid to ask for anything because it's a 50/50 chance that she'll turn even the simplest request into a huge ordeal Starring her as the martyr that I will have to listen to her complain forever. [/quote]

Sorry but this is kind of funny. But, why didn't you just freeze the extra? Even already cooked, it would freeze.[/quote]

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