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Momma Drama

This entry was posted on Friday, October 10th, 2008 at 8:12 am

My mom unexpectedly showed up on my doorstep the night before last. She was crying so hard she couldn’t speak. The first thing that went through my mind was something happened to my brother and it scared the hell out of me. After she calmed down a little, she told me she had a huge argument with my grandpa. I was relieved that was it.

Apparently, my grandpa has still being watching over her, trying to keep her in line. She’s sick of him doing that. She says she’s an adult and can take care of herself. I think she expected me to take her side and start bashing my grandpa. I didn’t.

I told her she doesn’t have the best reputation because her drug and gambling habits and I didn’t blame him for riding her ass. After all, she is living in his house and using his vehicle since she got hers impounded. Then I told her that he shouldn’t have to watch over her, but he feels like he has to because she is so damned self-destructive and he is just doing it because he loves her.

She didn’t want to hear all that. She shut down. A little while later, she asked if she could spend the night. I told her she could, but she cannot make a habit out of it because and I decided we do not want anyone else living with us right now. Every single person we have allowed to move in ended up being unreliable when it came to paying his or her part of the bills and helping around the house. We would rather pay more and expect it than have to cover someone else’s portion unexpectedly.

She borrowed my car to go get a change of clothes from my grandparent’s house. I told her to go straight there and straight back. I don’t know what time she got back because I went to bed, but when I got up to get ready for she was already gone. I haven’t talked to her since.

I am proud of myself. In the past, I would have taken her side and let her move back in my house. I cannot do that anymore. It is too stressful for me when I let her live with me. It is time for her to grow up. If she wants out of my grandparents’ house then she needs to get her shit together and get her own place.

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  1. Chan on October 10th, 2008 12:05 pm

    I’m proud of you too! :-) it’s funny really, listening to your mum, she sounds like a right teenager!

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