“No” is a very powerfull word.
If you are a minor and didn’t have a choice, I sincerely sympathize with your fate.
How does anyone do anything with a migraine? I literally feel like Im going to die from them.
I seem to be having trouble responding to some comments.
To answer a few points, my mother is in her 90s. She is not suffering from dementia, but she doesn’t deal well with not getting her way. She throws tantrums in public. So it is easier just to go along with her wishes. One of my sisters had the police called on her for elder abuse once because my mother was throwing such a fit about how mean her daughter was to random strangers. Edit: if you’ve seen the episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Lois’s evil mother comes to visit, and they call the police on her when she refuses to leave, and she plays the pity card to the cops and almost gets Hal arrested? That’s my mother.
This trip was the first time I had seen her in 2 years. I took her to the casino with the agreement that I would wait outside, but of course she pretended to be looking for me in the casino, security called me thinking she was lost, and when I went in she insisted we go eat there rather than heading back to the vacation rental. I couldn’t exactly leave my elderly mother there and go back to the vacation rental without her.
I got home a week ago and don’t plan on calling her for a while. I am still pissed off.
My sympathies to you, (not that you need it but) it sounds like a really rough time! I don’t know if I’d have the energy to deal with adult tantrums when I have a migraine so I completely understand and don’t blame you for taking time for yourself now that you can.
I got home a week ago and don’t plan on calling her for a while. I am still pissed off.
Sheesh, I don’t blame you.
“You know what would make you feel better? Clattery noises, excited people, loud carpet, bright lights, hard chairs, and fried food smells.”
Bright FLASHING lights!
Jackpot!
I know someone who was having a rough time at work so her boyfriend took her out for a meal to make her feel better. To Five Guys… and she’s vegetarian.
Did it work? I’d imagine she felt way better after the breakup
I have chronic migraine. It can be very difficult for people to understand that not all of my migraines are severe because they have a family member/friend that has them and every time they have to be in a dark room, no noise, etc. A lot of my migraines are moderate and I can mostly function but it is miserable. I have gotten pretty good at saying not today.
At that point, I’d throw up publicly.
But in a tub or something. I’m not a monster.
You’re an adult. The blame lays in the mirror.
No
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