This morning my mother called me at 8:25am. It is Sunday and my number one goal on the weekend is to sleep later than I do during the week. It’s hard with my wife being an early riser but even she has learned that it is best when I’m well rested in the morning. So my mom continues to keep talking despite my sleepy and barely there voice. I tell her that I am sleep and I told her that I would call her back later. She then said, “well, I called you last night and you didn’t answer and did not call me back.” I’m thinking well I was out with my wife getting tipsy and thinking about everything ELSE besides my mother when my phone rang. If you saw how beautiful my wife looked last night you would totally understand why. Anyway, my mother started saying something else smart and I lost it and hung up in her face.
I know. That was disrespectful and I shouldn’t have done that. However, lately I have been pushed to this territory of disrespect. MY mother does not take NO for an answer. She pushes and pushes and eventually pulls the nasty out of me!
My mother and I have been somewhat close. I understand why me being married and grown up is a bit hard for her to swallow, but it is a pill that must be accepted. I sent her email to articulate my feelings earlier this month and things seemed to get a bit better. BUT I still feel we have so far to go…
Do parents ever just let you go?
