Your parents are adults. They raised you. They are not "cute," or "adorable." Your condescension is disgusting.
No need to feel sorry for anyone on this end. I have respect for both my parents and my children and would never get my jollies by making condescending remarks about them. I stand by my prior statement and pp, you need to examine your values if you think ridiculing and making condescending remarks about your parents is a worthwhile endeavor.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Your parents are adults. They raised you. They are not "cute," or "adorable." Your condescension is disgusting.
You are pitiful and I feel sincerely sorry for your parents and if you have any, your children, too.
Anonymous wrote:Your parents are adults. They raised you. They are not "cute," or "adorable." Your condescension is disgusting.
Anonymous wrote:My mom tries to decorate our house every time she comes to visit. Last time she put little bowls of potpourri all over my house, on every surface. Nearly a year later, I am still finding potpourri in nooks and carnies because my two year old got her hands on it.
She also bought a fake pine tree bonsai from the hardware store. It was better than the potpourri.
Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious.
My MIL is the most optimistic person on earth. If you say to her "Joe broke his leg, isn't that sad?" She will literally say "well now that crutch maker on Leland Avenue will have some work, finally!"
She also tells these long convoluted stories about people she thinks we should know, even after we tell her we don't know them. "[DH], remember Johnny from high school? He had that red hair?" DH: "nope" MIL: "well I ran into his mother at the store and she said he works at the bank now! Isn't that amazing?!"
She still sends DH a letter in the mail every week. She writes about FIL in it ("dad and I went to the mall...") then signs it "love, mom and dad." She's the best.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious.
My MIL is the most optimistic person on earth. If you say to her "Joe broke his leg, isn't that sad?" She will literally say "well now that crutch maker on Leland Avenue will have some work, finally!"
She also tells these long convoluted stories about people she thinks we should know, even after we tell her we don't know them. "[DH], remember Johnny from high school? He had that red hair?" DH: "nope" MIL: "well I ran into his mother at the store and she said he works at the bank now! Isn't that amazing?!"
She still sends DH a letter in the mail every week. She writes about FIL in it ("dad and I went to the mall...") then signs it "love, mom and dad." She's the best.
My mom does this too! She is forever running into people at the grocery store. And when she tells me these stories about people I don't know or remember, I just could not be less interested. Yet, she keeps telling me about the person's education and trip to Europe and...my brother and I are really tired of it though because she's always comparing our lives to those of our childhood classmates'.
I will see you both and raise you one. My mother doesn't just tell us random shit about people we may not know. She will leave me this type of voicemail. "Hi Laura, it's Mommy. Do you remember that Jeff (brother) was friends with a boy named Matt Tamblin in 1st and 2nd grade? And his mom's name was Cara? Well, I ran into Cara's husband Steve at Publix - they moved to Florida two years ago - and he told me that Cara's father just died. If you want to send a sympathy card, it would go to Cara Tamblin and Family, 429 Southwest 27th Court, Davie, FL, 33324. I'm sure she'd be really touched. Okay, I love you, call me back, bye."
Meanwhile my brother will say he got the same voicemail and tell me "I hated that prick! We weren't friends at ALL!"