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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A Righteous PAGT......courtesy of my mum. She's not the type for this kind of action at all, but to be frank I earned this one and I knew it.
When I was a stroppy teenage arsenut and still living with my mum and stepdad, he and I didn't get on at all and numerous conflicts flared with my poor mater caught in the middle. One time I pointed out (not for the first time) that life would be better for us all if she gave him the elbow, and she responded with:
'Tell you what, why don't I leave all of the decisions concerning what I do with my life to you and we'll see how we do - sound good to you?'
I buggered off to my room in cowed silence and never overstepped that mark again. I've not slept under the same roof as my folks for nearly 15 years now, and my stepdad and I get on like a house on fire these days - I suppose we were just in each other's way. Testosterone, eh? Pfft.
[EDIT/AFTERTHOUGHT] One thing I'm grateful to him for is the fact that he never gave me a slap or two for some of my smartarse comments - even then, he was a third-dan shotokan black belt, a qualified karate instructor running his own training club and several times AKA national champion too so if he had, my recovery would probably have been slow and uncomfortable. He's over 65 years old now, still training/instructing (I think he means to die in the dojo), and is still both fitter and harder than I am - git :)
(, Wed 19 Oct 2005, 10:56, Reply)
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