I know that my mum will not change, but I do know that if I say NO to her when she asks to borrow money when she knows that even if she does have £100 a week less coming in than is going out, that I have about twice as much shortfall and am struggling too - that when she phones me up and has a ten minute conversation with me about nothing in particular and then asks to borrow a few quid because she hasn't got enough food - and oh, can I pop round to her work with it - and then after I say okay quickly says thanks and that she'll see me later then and hangs up - then comes to my house saying "I thought you were going to call round" to which Ithought that she meant call round to her house - and then quickly remember that she needed some money and feel awful - she then goes off on one about "oh, it's alright" to which I reply "do you know, it is alright because I totally forgot"
I just want to tell her to fuck off and manage her money better!
It drives me mad, but what ever I do, she'll make me feel like the bad person, and I can't fall out with her so close to Christmas - even if she has made plans which mean that I'll be spending the best part of Christmas day at home on my own with the child...
Anyway, after my rant - what do you do when you really cannot win with somebody?
Erm, for the AIBU - maybe AIBU to think that mothers should act like mothers, and not like silly spoil children??