Don't mean to be ugly Ruthy, but yo Mama need to get a Big Damn Grip! I'M 51 years old, and I'm still raising my kids!! And we're fixing to do the work ourselves putting a 1600 sq. ft. addition on to our house! She has an 'old lady' attitude that she needs to ditch!
OK, MY rant's off, now. ;o)
Nicely ranted, Mrs. Q. :-)
((((Suzi))))
No offense taken at all.
That is precisely why it is so frustrating. She isn't old by any stretch of the imagination, but she hobbles around with a heating pad as if she were 80. And she takes Xanax to "help her sleep after so much stress". *rolls eyes*
One time, I couldn't hold my tongue and told her if she was gonna do drugs, she may as well smoke a joint. It's cheaper. hehehehe.... You shoulda seen her face.
I remember when she was my age, she would tell me to wait until I was in my thirties and I would feel how the body deteriorates. Well, yes my back hurts more than it used to, but other than that, I feel stronger and tougher than I did in my twenties.
She does this for attention, but if she weren't my mother, she's exactly the type of person I avoid. Folks that complain and gripe constantly just to get attention can suck the life right out of everyone around them. And no matter what you say or do, they are never happy anyway.
So what's the point in trying?