Hubby's Birthday

[bearwithme]

Hops, I agree with cgm--you really nailed it. Now I understand better why it hurts. In a normal family a little teasing is going to be served up with a whole lot of love, but not so in our families. I can use this idea to better explain to my friends why what sounds like a little thing is really a big deal to me. When I recently had just about the most horrible encounter with my NM ever, and I was explaining to a friend all the things she did and said, my friend, who is a drug and alcohol counselor, mind you, told me that everything I was describing to her sounded pretty normal to her. Argh.

cgm--I trust you! I have 100s of examples too. And like I said above, most folks would say I'm blowing things out of proportion. And yeah, God forbid I should tease my NM! She claims that "giving each other a hard time" is how we show we care about each other, but you know she can dish it out but she can't take it!

I so agree with all of you!  I also have a million examples of my Nmom dishing it out but not taking it whatsoever.  She's so sick!  My Nmom is extremely inappropriate as well.

[rugrats5]

dear cgm,
              sorry to hear about the card and the meaning your NM was TRYING to imply but can only TRY to imply. She is not worth your time. My NM did something similiar at EASTER and she got me and my husband a card and it had 2 Easter cutout cookies on a tray and the wording on the card said something about is being two of a pair...I was offended of course and her card went into the trash...I shouldn't have been offended but I was, it is her and what she always does but when you get a card in the mail your not expecting something like that, and she never signs who it is from but I know her handwriting, she never puts her return address on the outside of the envelope either...next time..I am not opening a card from her.