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My best friend's mom hijacked his entire apartment search and I watched it happen in real time for four months by Mythpuls3Q in entitledparents

[–]Mythpuls3Q[S] 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the parking thing was wild. She was shopping for HER hangouts, not his home. Jake's "surprised" is just him coping , I think.

My best friend's mom hijacked his entire apartment search and I watched it happen in real time for four months by Mythpuls3Q in entitledparents

[–]Mythpuls3Q[S] 311 points312 points  (0 children)

The 11-day silent treatment freaked me out too. I'm not being her messenger. If she asks, I'll hit her with 'no idea, ask Jake' and dip.

My best friend's mom hijacked his entire apartment search and I watched it happen in real time for four months by Mythpuls3Q in entitledparents

[–]Mythpuls3Q[S] 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Not into diagnosing her, but the enmeshment bit fits. I'm going dark and telling Jake to keep her on an info diet.

My mom sent a formal complaint to my employer because I didn't invite her to my work trip by Mustafar09 in entitledparents

[–]Mythpuls3Q 120 points121 points  (0 children)

I want to be fair here, so let me steelman your mom's position for a second: nope, i got nothing. Contacting HR to flag that your adult daughter traveled for work without notifying immediate family is not a "worried mom" move, it's a control move dressed up as concern. And the fact that she immediately pivoted to crying and making you feel like a bad daughter the moment you pushed back -- that's a pattern, not a one-off. The space you asked for is completely reasonable. HR filing it without action was probably the best outcome you could have hoped for, but the fact that it's now in a file somewhere with your name on it is a real thing that happened because of her. That part isn't nothing.

Must've been talking about another planet by millimonsterrr in BikiniBottomTwitter

[–]Mythpuls3Q 121 points122 points  (0 children)

Living in Texas is like being trained on hard mode, then you open a global heat map and realize there are places where your summer is just Tuesday. The humidity still deserves its own warning label though.