Posted by DannaB on December 27, 2006, at 15:40:18
My mom is here helping me move. My mother has always driven me completely bonkers. I can't really explain it fully here, but basically she is a really difficult person to be around for many different reasons.
The thing is that she drives me so crazy that I find myself always being on edge and snapping at her for any little thing. There is not another person in my life that I do this with, but somehow she pushes all of my buttons. For example, I had some personal books that I didn't want her to see when she was here, but of course she opened the plastic bag I had tied them in and went through them all. It's things like that--no regard for privacy or boundaries--that I just can't deal with.
I feel *so* guilty because I hate the way I act when I'm around her. I feel like I must not be a nice person because why can't I just be a nice, sweet daughter who doesn't have a temper and doesn't get annoyed?
How do I learn to 1. Be more patient and 2. Not feel guilty for not being a saint, which is what I would have to be to not find myself getting annoyed all of the time?
poster:DannaB
thread:716716
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