The passive-aggressive guilt tripMy mother is an expert in the guilt-trip. Last week she phoned to say "Happy Birthday" and, after a 10 minute conversation, finished with, "Well, I hope you have a nicer time than I did on the day you were born."
She also stated that she was going to kill herself when she reached 65. On Christmas Day morning. Having rung up to see if there was anything she could bring for lunch.
I think it's just a mother thing, but how good are your relatives and friends at the passive-aggessive?
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chthonic, Thu 13 Oct 2005, 9:52)
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Not that funny thoughBut true.
When my mother found out i'd been being (sexually) abused for some time:
"I'm going to get cancer and die because of all the worry you put me through. Just watch"*.
Subject closed (she found out through my school- I didn't tell her).We never spoke of it again.
Lest anybody think she was simply reacting in shock- nope. She's like that all the time. About everything. I just thought I'd use this as an extreme example- and one of the ones that sticks in my head.
Me being a sensitive sort of kid took this very seriously.
Fortunately I haven't lived with her for 10 years now...but we get on alright with a bit of distance between us. If she starts up now it just goes right over my head. And when me and my siblings get together we spend hours taking the piss, so hey! It's brought us closer!
Sorry for non funniness.
*it's been 15 years since that statement and none of it has come true.
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faintpraise, Tue 18 Oct 2005, 23:59,
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