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Coming to terms with the fact that you are your mother's least favorite child...

I've invited her out to eat 3 times, she declined.
I live 15 minutes away from her, however, she will drive 30 minutes away to go visit my sisters. She will come over if she needs help with her computer or smartphone.
She will ask me to come over to fix her TV.
She recently indicated that she was sad so i offered to come over and bring her food and drink ... no response. When my sister invited her over, she's on top of that.

My mother is 75 and we've never really been that close, but damn, why not just tell me to my face that you'd rather not be bothered instead of ignoring and avoiding me. It's additionally aggravating because there's no talking with her about how I feel. She'd just downplay the issue.
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OreoTheSkunk · 31-35, M
Why do anything for her then? I wouldn’t lift a finger for someone like that. You do do and do for her but she can’t return the favor? The next time she needs help with her computer, or her phone or her TV, why not return the favor and shoot her down! Decline anything and everything she asks of you. She does the same to you, so why not?
@OreoTheSkunk I get it. What crosses my mind often is that when the time comes, I'll be the one looked to for final arrangements since she has no life insurance. However, if she survives me there are other people, more active in my life, that I'd rather list as beneficiaries, but I doubt their spouses would appreciate that.
Fluffybull · F
@OreoTheSkunk Exactly! It's just masochistic to put up with treatment like this. 👏