Good Story
- PlacentiaSoccerMom
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Good Story
So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.
My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.
Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."
I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"
She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."
I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."
Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.
As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."
My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.
Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."
I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"
She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."
I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."
Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.
As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."
- fantine33
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Re: Good Story
Because she wants you to attempt to cajole her, thereby giving her attention. So don't engage, when she says that just give a cheery "Okay, great! We'll see you later when we all get back."PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.
As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."
Since you're being bright and agreeable with her, it will drive her nuts.
- themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: Good Story
Couldn't she just hand wash her clothes in the shower?PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.
My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.
Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."
I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"
She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."
I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."
Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.
As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
- Beebs52
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I must say, your ma deserves some sort of trinket for the best use of passive-aggressive drive-by behavior in a five minute window. I award it a 10.
Truly, I can't imagine stating I'd go to a laundromat if I'm at someone's home. A home with appliances. That is just weird.
Congrats, PSM. Fannie's right, too.
I bow.
Truly, I can't imagine stating I'd go to a laundromat if I'm at someone's home. A home with appliances. That is just weird.
Congrats, PSM. Fannie's right, too.
I bow.
Well, then
- ulysses5019
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Re: Good Story
I think wintergreen likes martyrs.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.
My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.
Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."
I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"
She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."
I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."
Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.
As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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- Rexer25
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Re: Good Story
Even better, go buy a wash-tub, a scrubboard, and a bar of lye soap, set her up in the backyard with the hose for rinsing and a clothesline, and wish her well.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Couldn't she just hand wash her clothes in the shower?PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.
My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.
Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."
I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"
She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."
I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."
Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.
As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!
That'll be $10, please.
That'll be $10, please.
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- fantine33
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Re: Good Story
I need to put Rexer on retainer for the position of Permanent Consultant in the business of Dealing with My Mother.Rexer25 wrote:Even better, go buy a wash-tub, a scrubboard, and a bar of lye soap, set her up in the backyard with the hose for rinsing and a clothesline, and wish her well.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Couldn't she just hand wash her clothes in the shower?PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.
My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.
Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."
I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"
She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."
I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."
Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.
As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."