Is my mother the only parent in the world that just cannot let me take care of my own place? OK, I’ll explain (or clarify for Phoenix and Gidget). My mother was here this past week (hence I didn’t post anything, I was spending some time with her), and she did some things that bother me.
First, she decided to clean up. Mind you, I am NOT the neatest person in the world, but, as I told her, “It’s not your house!†The problem was that she reorganized my kitchen.
She used to do that when I was a kid and I wouldn’t clean my room. Then she’d have to put up with my griping and asking her where everything was. You see, she claimed that I could find everything when it was put away, but I knew where everything was. It absolutely drove me nuts.
The second thing that she did that bothers me is, admittedly, my problem. I don’t like to feel like I owe anybody anything, and she insisted on buying me some things for the house. OK, I will admit, I hate my birthday for the same reason. I know that it’s my issue, not her fault, but it still bothers me.
What I’m wondering is, do all parents do that for their adult children or is my mother in the minority?
