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So predictable
Mother's Day for us was destroyed loooong ago. I do my best to not acknowledge it. Even to get a card (like I did this year) was a countdown to "What do you really want?" And, I was right. Again. Not 24 hours had passed before it was announced that they're coming back to the house! Oh. Joy. I'm so out of practice. Now I have to hone my nagging, *mean*, and selfish skills to get them to do something around the house that they loathe to do because it might cause a hangnail and then get bashed for being "mean" when I refuse to fund their social engagements and "necessities". Back to normal!
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Monsters Under The Bed
I hate Christmas. I've hated it for 13 years. Every. Frigging. Detail. of Christmas. It's all about these self-entitled monsters. It's not enough that it's an empty nest, now. For years I've looked forward to 2015. Had it in my head, "Wow, I can breathe. They're not going to manipulate me, cut me down, suck my bank account dry." Nooooo... Now it's.. "OMG! Carl Norton Jr. doesn't have $30,000.00 to pay for his first year of college and I don't have a dime to my name!!!
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