to wish my mother would talk normally?

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Every sentence has some twee, often made-up word in it.

“Pass me the dooda” instead of “pass me that plate”.

“Would you like a sploosh of tea?” instead of “would you like a tea?”

“be careful in case the fridge makes an avalanche” instead of “the fridge is full so be careful”.

It just makes me cringe. It’s impossible to talk to her normally. I know we all have our own little mannerisms but it’s just constant and grating. The thing is that she’s so grumpy and angry most of the time that it just doesn’t go with her personality at all which makes it more annoying.

Sorry OP but I have to ask... Is your mother Roald Dahl?

I would be deeply irritated by this too, and I think it is connected to kind of putting off any serious talk. My MIL seems to regress 60 years whenever a serious subject is brought up, she calls herself stupid (she isn’t) and will wriggle out of any kind of deep or difficult conversation, no matter how pressing. MIL hates any kind of decision making or responsibility, and I think reverting to baby language and silliness is a defence mechanism. MIL will say things like “oh mummy doesn’t know anything about all that big people stuff, that’s not for the likes of poor and uneducated old ladies like mummy”. Bearing in mind she never uses mummy normally, and is neither poor nor uneducated. She grew up poor but really definitely isn’t now. It’s jist a good excuse I think that throws people off. She’s made some massive decisions, both mistakes and triumphs, if anyone tries to hype up her achievments then she becomes an absolute whizz!
A lady I used to work with used to say things like “who wants a drinkie poo?” Or “mister faxy waxy is beeping” it used to really grate on me and she would jabber away all day long. It wa sat it’s worst when she’d have to ring IT about something and would go full baby illiterate mode to them on the phone, like “oh I pressed thingy that word you just said, whatsit...I don’t know about ‘puters and technical-ology” I would be cringing into the ground. I would do the Times2 crossword in my break and she would insist on asking me what I was on. She’s say something along the lines of “oh I know that whojamaflip, what’s his face, with the twizzly hair and on that telly thingamajig”. She would have something to say every minute of every day, but if someone read out something serious from the paper and wanted to discuss, she wouldn’t have anything to contribute. If there was some scandal or gossip (there always was) from higher up in the office, the moral dilemma was always too much for her to get her head around. She was by no means stupid and when not having to interact, she got her work done brilliantly, you almost wouldn’t believe she was capable of such clear and concise written work. It had to be a social communication thing. She was very lovely and kind, devoted to her family and grown up children, but just was very fluffy. If I had something serious that I needed to let someone know about she would have been the last person I would put it to, maybe she liked being shielded from harsh realities and expectations?

WhitePhantom

Sorry OP but I have to ask... Is your mother Roald Dahl? grin

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