At this point my husband stopped me and said, “Honey, your mom has got to lose weight. Her blood pressure is not going to be right until she loses some of that weight!” I then told him to just wait a second until he hears the rest of the story. So then I began to tell him that my mom …show more content…
It seems as if they both love to have her sympathy and attention for every little bump in the road more than thinking of how all of this bad news affects her.
Since Kyle and I have been married over 20 years, he is already very aware of all of my family members and their three (desired, perceived, and presenting) selves! I finished the end of our conversation by telling him that I spent 30 minutes on the phone with my mom reminding her that my brother is 44 and my sister is 35. My mom can’t do anything about a surgery that my sister has or what my brother is smoking, nor does she owe my brother an explanation for taking any blood pressure medication! I also reminded her that all of this drama is hurting her heart and won’t change anything for the better. I think that they have all gotten overly involved in each other’s business and that it hasn’t helped any of their relationships, I know for a fact that the nonsense has not helped my mom’s