Posted by Indie on July 16, 2004, at 10:55:05
In reply to My mother the drama queen, posted by Dinah on July 15, 2004, at 16:33:40
Hi Dinah,
I too have a mother who tends toward the dramatic side. It is a huge pain in the neck. She takes every thing I do personally (and I am 31 yo). I have learned to just listen to her when she is having one of her drama fits and not challenge anything she says but not to take any of it too seriously....if that helps any.
As for your dad, I don't know what is wrong with him as I am new here, but I hope it is not too serious. I lost my dad 7 years ago and the one thing that I am most grateful for is that I had spent a good deal of quality time with him before he died. I would just advise you to tolerate your mother and enjoy as much time with your dad as you can. I will be pulling for him whatever is wrong.
Hugs
> Again, outside validation for my view of my mother. The person who answers the phone at my office couldn't believe the message my mother left. She told me that she and my father were back from my father's important doctor's appt and that I was in to no circumstances to call their house and speak to my father before I had spoken with her. Then she promptly made herself unavailable for the entire day for phone calls by going out and staying out without a cell phone.
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> Sigh.
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> And to make it worse, I had *told* her that I wouldn't be at the office and that she needed to reach me on my cell phone, and had her repeat my number back to me and confirm that she realized that that was where she needed to call me. I can't imagine why on earth she called the office except to involve other people in her cloak and dagger theatrics.
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> I did of course call my father who says that everything is fine other than that nothing has changed. Which is not good news but hardly worth a prohibition to call him.
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> There is nothing so bad that my mother can't put an alarming and negative spin on it.
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