Random shitpost because I just want to bitch.....
My mother, why is living on a fixed income, decided to spend 105$ she didn't have to purchase two rugs, a 2 hour drive away, and being the frail old woman she is she was to afraid to meet those 'scary guys from the craigslist'. I decided to push my schedule back and help her out, once I go pick her up and we drive for about 30 minutes she drops another request on me, quite simply to go to the store and pick up a few things she needs around the house. Now the things that annoyed me about this have nothing to do with actually doing the shopping, I have no problems helping her like this, but not only did she not make a list, which she has always done for the last 20 years, the reason she even needed me to go to the store was because she gave her limited amount of savings to my deadbeat brother and sister, one of whom is constantly 'crashing' at her place and using up her Advil, toiletries, and food. So not only she is having financial trouble, she is out giving money to two people who absolutely refuse to even work, she is having me now drive across town to pick up these ugly ass rugs whilst simultaneously trying to guilt me into helping out these two deadbeats.
This is my usual "day in the life". I'm pissed but I put up with it. She didn't do much for me as I was growing up, I, being the middle child, was often forgotten or relegated to the 'he can take of himself' camp. I help her because despite always waylaying me at every chance, she is still my mother. But what I can't get over, what gets me so angry is she had the gal to say to me that I need to take better care of my brother and sister, how unfortunate these two lazy bastards are. The thing is you just can't fight with my mother, she is always right and always the victim. Always. She didn't even say 'Thanks' for having me pick her up and take her to look at these rugs, but instead gets upset with me for mentioning that she needs to either stop buying rugs, lamps, tables, and the likes from craigslist or stop giving away her money to my siblings otherwise she will go bust. I'm not going to bail her out anymore, its either I help support her or she sees whether or not my brother and sister will take of her.
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BONUS RANT!
My mother and I had a little arrangement, I do these annoying favors and she treats me to a cheap meal from a fast food place. This is where I think my mother is a bitch (yes, I do mean a bitch) is that she knows where she wants to eat but tries to guilt me or twist me until I decide that is where we are going to eat. So I'm driving back from the guy with the rugs and she asks where I want to eat, and I want popeyes. Following this is a back and forth about her saying different restaurants until the final call is either Chipotle or Schlotzsky's, she asks me to decide what I want and I repeat my earlier desire, Popeyes. This is where she gets all upset with that typical sharp but quite voice all older women do, saying "I'm tired of arguing with you about this, I say blahblah you say popeyes, I say blahblah you say popeyes, I say choose one of these you say popeyes, why can't you just make a choice"..... At this point I snapped and yelled back her "I want some motherfucking spicy chicken tenders and some gizzards, if you want chipotle or schlotzsky's then go right the fuck ahead, I'm not begging you for food, get whatever the hell you want and I'll get what I want. You want me go in chipotle or schotskys, sure I will, but for fucks sake just tell me what you want to eat and I'll drive you to get that!"
God I was just seething in anger at this point, from putting up with this. I had had enough, I didn't want to get into that bullshit where I finally say "Okay, lets get chipotle" and have her say back to "If thats what you want".... Oh god I think I might have kicked her out of the car going 70 miles an hour. God, I just wanted some popeyes, why did it have to become a fight.
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Extra bonus rant that almost made me a murderer.....
After sitting in an angry silence the entire drive to her house I stop by the local store to pick up what she needed. It was at this point I buy some mikes hard lemonade, because fuck you it tastes great, and then drop her off at her house. Whilst making trips into the house carrying the groceries my deadbeat brother saunters out to the car after I made 4 trips in and out, sees the last thing in the car was my lemonade, grabs a bottle and starts chugging it. I, being the petty man I am today, decided that instead of smashing the bottle into his face I would simply have him pay the 2$ that drink was worth......... Instead of giving me 2$ he goes in and complains to my mother whilst simultaneously asking her for the money. At that point I just wanted to shoot him in the back of the head and be done with it.
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Well it felt good getting this off my chest. Feel free to reply with your own rants or to ignore my rant. Any comments calling me a bad son or sticking up for my mothers position will result in me disdaining your entire existence.