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Sunday, March 19, 2006

Mothers and Daughters

My mom called me today. I was working so I didn't get the call. She was a missed call on my cell phone. We haven't talked for about 6 weeks.
sigh...My mom and I have always had a complicated relationship. She has always been hard on me and I never cease to disappoint her. Now she's angry at me because I told her it upset me that she gave the engagement ring that my dad gave her to my brother to give to his girlfriend. My brother and I have different dads, so I just thought that maybe my mom would say, hey, fyi, I'm giving your brother the ring your dad gave me. Yes, I would have been upset, but I wouldn't have been blindsided. I saw the ring on the girlfriend's finger and went into shock. My dad always assumed the ring would come to me which is why he never asked for it back. I knew I should've kept my mouth shut and not told her it bothered me, but I didn't. I tried to have an adult conversation with her, but it's always been her way or no way. You can't express a differing opinion. Really. She browbeats you until you either agree or just shut up. I know better than to fight back, but this just hit me hard and I got angry. She just kept saying, It's my ring, why do you care what I do with it. Over and over. When I tried to explain that if she had just told me she was going to do it, I wouldn't be near as upset she said, It's my ring. Like she's 12 or something. She and I had had conversations about my brother proposing and that she was going to help him with the ring. She purposely didn't tell me and then got mad at me for feeling hurt. She got mad at me for expressing my feelings. I really should have known better.
Good grief, I've gone on long enough. Maybe she'll apologize...I won't hold my breath.

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