had an injury last week which involved a broken ankle resulting in some quite serious loss of mobility in doing simple tasks. On crutches and in a cast and hobbling about.
despite it being a very obvious break, from the outset my 16 year old daughter has been an absolute d1ck.
Eye rolling when I express pain or take pain medication, tutting at being asked to do her everyday household chores, and general passive aggressive comments. On Friday she went out for a “few hours” and came back 5h late, which is annoying but when I can’t really move and was expecting her back it was actually quite irritating.
The only things I can’t do (and feel very guilty about) are things like walking the dog and general “you need two hands” mobility based tasks like hoovering. I had suggested we swap household chores for a while - eg I’ll do her normal stuff if she does the dog etc. this was met with distain. I’m fine shuffling round the house and doing bits and bobs, but her attitude is really adding to the stress and I’m already in a lot of pain.
im very conscious that she is a teenager and NOT my carer and I don’t want her to be or feel like she is but I’m already at the point where I’ve given up. It’s easier just not to ask, and she does nothing on her own initiative.
Fighting about asking for help is stressing me out and I’ve just decided I’m not going to ask anymore and find alternative ways to get things done.
she is off to Florida with my ex husbands sister in a few weeks so she will be getting a nice holiday soon, and I just felt that a couple of weeks of helping a little bit more would not invoke such a sh1tty reaction from her and I’m disappointed in her lack of empathy.
this more of a rant to be honest, it’s just upsetting that she doesn’t care and I hate feeling like a burden. Anyone been through something similar?