Times We Want Our Partners To Sympathize With Us – Not Save Us
When your mom is on one again
Your mom knows how to get under your skin. Maybe, when you tell her anything about your life – including the good things – she finds a way to hone in on the one little mistake you made, and criticize that. Or maybe she just doesn’t give your victories enough attention and changes the topic to the weather or celebrity gossip quickly. Maybe she’s a diva who makes it very difficult to make plans because she must have things a certain way. You just got off one of these phone calls with her when she made your blood boil. You tell your partner about it. And he says something like, “Maybe you two should go to therapy” or “So babe why do you still call your mom so much?” Ugh. Can’t he just agree with you that your mom is a pain in the *ss sometimes?
