Would love some perspective on this. Single parent to 3 and been stuck in lockdown for 9 weeks so feel a bit like I’m losing my perspective and have no idea if I’m being reasonable or not.
Dd16 asks to make Sunday lunch this morning. I tell her we don’t have the stuff in and also our cooker isn’t working properly (only one of the jobs). Bugs and bugs and bugs me about it until I say she can do what she wants but I want no part of it.
Then proceeds to piss around in the kitchen banging and crashing and wanting acknowledgment and praise for every single thing she’s doing. I don’t care. I didn’t want a half arsed Sunday lunch, I don’t want to be asked a million questions about it then have huffs when she doesn’t get the answers she wants.
There’s obviously loads of background to this but I just think I don’t want to have to praise and make a fuss about something I didn’t want and said I didn’t want.
I get she wants to do something nice but it feels a bit manipulative which is something that’s on going thing with her.
I am being unreasonable for being less than effusive about this lunch?
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Ifeel1000yearsold · 24/05/2020 11:58
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Am I being unreasonable?
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