The passive-aggressive guilt tripMy mother is an expert in the guilt-trip. Last week she phoned to say "Happy Birthday" and, after a 10 minute conversation, finished with, "Well, I hope you have a nicer time than I did on the day you were born."
She also stated that she was going to kill herself when she reached 65. On Christmas Day morning. Having rung up to see if there was anything she could bring for lunch.
I think it's just a mother thing, but how good are your relatives and friends at the passive-aggessive?
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chthonic, Thu 13 Oct 2005, 9:52)
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Funerial Guilt TripDad passed away last year. That's not very funny. Backstory is after a big family row we hadn't seen his side of the family for over a decade. When I finally met my Aunty at the reception afterwards all she said was "you must be XXXX. So sorry about your Dad. His father died of the same thing you know, and so did his uncle a few years ago."
Not quite what I was expecting from a new-found long-lost relative.
My response?
"Well if I'm next there's every chance we'll see you again then."
OWCH. I am not proud of this.
(, Tue 18 Oct 2005, 16:18, Reply)
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