everything my mother says pisses me off

[TwigorTreat]

because she's a selfish, unthinking prat at times

god bless her

i wonder what would happen if we got them all together, all these mad mums - a special mumsnet meet-up. The mind boggles...

Perhaps we could make it a regular thing, pack them off to Rhyll for a week each year like some kind of respite care for the rest of us.

The thought that I'll probably end up like her is so depressing...

My mother is odd too. She goes on and on about how selfish society is today whilst at the same time stating that she's not prepared to 'put her life on hold' by seeing her grandchildren more than once a month (at the most)- bearing in mind she lives about 10 miles away and both she and my dad are retired. My FIL is very ill in hospalit at the moment and my MIL has just finished chemotherapy. My mum announces that she can't come to help out so I can visit either of them because she and dad are off in the camper van for a week.
She tries to have this kind of let's compare notes type conversation with me because they have a young dog-she seems to think this is the same as having two toddlers to look after. (The dog is another excuse for not seeing my children- I do hope my children never find out they were passed over for a spaniel).

I do not understand why she or my dad don't want a closer relationship with their grandchildren, since they thoroughly enjoy themselves when they do see us.
Sorry a bit of a rant, DH and I are very stressed out at the moment.

I thought my mother was odd, but good grief reading all your stories tells me that my mother is actually ok!!

Fortunately she is very far away back in South Africa - but we chat everyday via MSN (with webcam) and telephone, so .... the world is becoming very small!

I love my mother so much, but she does drive me up the walls sometimes, especially when we are together!! Or when she start telling me that I am pushing my baby too much when I take her swimming etc.

It makes me sad to think that my 4 1/2 months old dd might one day think I am weird too and that she might resent me for loving her too much! ;(