parents
With regular guests, you can expect a certain thing. You have to make sure things go smoothly and provide food, but you can be sure that they most likely won't tell you what to do in your own house.
Parents are different.
It doesn't seem that it matters where we are - whether I am visiting them or they are visiting me. Either place, they get to pick what to watch on tv and the schedule of events. They also seem to think it is okay to tell me what to do and how to do it. It doesn't seem too fair to tell someone how they should do something in their own house, but my mom apparently thinks it is okay. She also moves my things around, like she knows better than I do where I should keep my things.
They also say things and then conveniently forget what they said. For instance, their flight tomorrow is at 6:15am. When my mom told me the itinerary over the phone a few weeks ago, she assured me that they would get a cab or shuttle so that I wouldn't have to wake up at 4am to take them to the airport. Yesterday, on the way back from my graduation, they decided that there is no way they could have told me that and that it must simply be wishful thinking on my part.
No one can aggravate me as much as my mom does.
Though I love my parents, I am very glad they are leaving tomorrow morning.
Emy said:
It's funny how your parents are always your parents, and you always become a child around them. And I think that applies from both sides - at least I always feel like I'm maybe 16 when I'm around my parents, not the age that I actually am.
Abigail said:
Yep, what Emy said. And it doesn't even change when you become a parent yourself.
Posted on May 30, 2005 07:28 PMkristy said:
I always prefer it when my parents come to visit us. They seem much more appreciative of being with us and less bitchy about everything else, unless we take them out for a nice dinner - they are whiny when it comes to GOOD food (they don't appreciate "nice" restaurants).
They are coming the weekend after the baby arrives, which could be THIS weekend, and they'll stay for a week. That's about my tolerance level, so while I'll appreciate the extra hands around the house, I'll still be glad to have my house back when they leave.
Man, if my mom started rearranging my stuff, I'd go nuts on her!
Posted on May 31, 2005 08:16 AMJenn said:
ummmm....are we sisters? Because your Mom sounds just like mine.
My parents only live 2,5 hours away so I get the pleasure of their visits twice a month. Don't get me wrong, my Mother is my best friends but DAMN....I am a grown up now!
I swear I won't do that to my daughter when she grows up....
Posted on June 16, 2005 09:00 AM