Urgh. I have a strained relationship with my mother at the best of times, and we rarely see each other. She came over earlier to drop off presents and within 10 mins, had launched into a rant about immigrants and then moved into grossly offensive homophobic comments. No amount of challenge or factually based responses seemed to make any difference. She has now left, but I feel so frustrated that she has brought the mood down in the house. She is utterly toxic and I am just waiting for the day she airs her opinions to the wrong person, and gets the dressing down she richly deserves. She has form for this type of behaviour and I am really annoyed that she can’t even resist it on Christmas Eve.
*Feel moderately better now for getting that out!