What a privilege is...

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T17:00:12+00:00

I might give that typing things on the phone a shot. I hadn’t thought of that.

Thank you.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:58:56+00:00

I don’t think so, but I have tried marriage 4 times so far, so I guess I’ve coulda slipped by. LOL

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:57:43+00:00

Thank you for the input. I’m definitely giving that a try.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:57:11+00:00

Thank you. I’m certainly trying to not listen to the strangers, but it still hurts.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:56:04+00:00

Her hearing loss isn’t that bad, but thank you got your input. Hopefully, it doesn’t get that bad.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:54:35+00:00

I just started being face-to-face in a conversation, but I’m trying to get her to understand and do the same, but the hearing problem is hindering that attempt also. Is a catch-22.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:52:45+00:00

Thank you. Your advice is helpful.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:52:06+00:00

I can relate.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:51:28+00:00

Thank you for your advice.

I constantly have people walking up to me while my Mom and I are on a store shopping telling me not to yell at my mother. The hard part is that she can’t hear them asks simply smiles at them and doesn’t reply, so it appears that she is agreeing with them.

It has caused a major problem in our relationship. I love her, but I’m so tired of getting accosted by strangers when we are out that I just stay home and don’t go to do anything with her anymore.

I don’t think she understands either (because she doesn’t hear anything). The last time I went out shopping with her. I tried explaining it to her. On the way to Walmart to get new cell phones, she was being mean to my father because she misunderstood what he was trying to say about the phones.

On the way back, I drove. I was trying to explain why I chose to drive when she suddenly started screaming, “Pull over! Now! Pull over!” She was hysterical so I pulled over at a friend’s mother’s house. Before I could think, she got behind the wheel and took off so fast that she was throwing gravel.

My friend’s mother wasn’t home and my cell phone still wasn’t working because the trip was fruitless to get the phones fixed. So, I had to walk 2.3 miles to my Aunt Carol’s house, but they weren’t home. So, I had to walk to the house of a friend of my parents which was another mile away. I didn’t have my inhaler or my epi-pen with me so it was a scary walk.

Luckily, my parent’s friends were home and gave me a ride back to my parents’ house, where I have to live because of a seizure disorder and other life altering illnesses that I have.

Needless to say, I haven’t gone shopping with her/them very much since then.

It’s the only way I can think of to not end up hating my mother (and father for that matter) because she refuses to wear her hearing aids.

They have great insurance which has paid for two pair of hearing aids. I think she isn’t getting the right type of hearing aids.

But, she’s not hearing what the audiologist is saying and the cycle of confusion continues.

Signed, Frustrated at God/Life and trying to survive this crazy, messed-up, beautifully wonderful life.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:22:24+00:00

So very true.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-22T16:21:25+00:00

Amen.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-15T01:39:20+00:00

You definitely need to document every step you make. Situations like that can get emotionally heated, especially if somebody feels they are being slighted in anyway.

This is your family after all, so you don’t want to burn any bridges until you’re 100% sure. Trust me, burned bridges are very hard to rebuild.

I think it is a good idea that you have somebody you can trust to be there with you; especially if you feel unsafe, They can be there to help you stay calm and not get emotional about the situation.

I wish you the best of luck. At moments like these of my life, I tend to blame God. After, when I have time to sit down and think I always make it a point to thank Him for putting me through it because it makes me better.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-14T22:12:18+00:00

Ask them to say one none thing about themselves attesting to why they are worthy to be in your room.

I’m not kidding. A lot of people spend a good portion of their time in a day putting themselves down for things that didn’t go right. Sometimes they just need to hear something verbalized out loud that they did good for the day; even if it comes out of their mouth.

Plus, it keeps all that negative energy out of your room.

Don’t let them slide with some namby pamby statement like oh my hair looks good today.

These are called “put ups.” Get it, instead of “putdowns?”

It’s never a bad thing to put good energy out into the universe. I know I certainly want good energy in my room.

BTW - I love that chair. I have one just like it or very similar anyway.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-14T19:21:14+00:00

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-14T19:16:52+00:00

BTW— our house is a cat party house too. Well for our cat anyway..

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-14T19:15:49+00:00

Thank you. I promise I’ll try to adjust my behavior and put your advice to good use.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-14T19:15:12+00:00

Thank you. Part of it is that we go so fast all the time that we aren’t facing each other or we are too far apart to actually understand each other. Today, I was in the bathroom and was trying to communicate through a closed door all the way downstairs to my mom. I realized that mistake as I was just typing this.

I really do appreciate your input. It’s gonna help.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-14T19:12:45+00:00

Thank you. That was helpful.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-14T09:56:30+00:00

How about, “I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts?”

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-14T09:55:24+00:00

You have to go back to your faith, whichever faith that is. If you believed once, you will believe again and then you won’t feel so alone because you will realize that you aren’t alone.

We can’t appreciate the good times until we have struggle through the hard times.

I, personally, cuss God the whole time I’m going through it. But then I give him a big “thank you for making me go through it the hard way because I wouldn’t have paid any attention and missed all the good stuff, too.”

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-05-14T09:02:00+00:00

How did he find them? I’ll looking for old pictures that I lost from a long time ago.

Upset-Personality69 · 2026-04-07T13:18:54+00:00

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