October 2008 Weddings
shelley1002
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Annoyed with my mom
So I am going to Maine this weekend for the first time since Thanksgiving. My whole family is so excited that I'm pregnant so my mom invited them all over for brunch on Sunday. She didn't say it was for my cousin's birthday that was this past week or as a gathering to celebrate my grandmother's birthday (the second since she passed). She flat out said it was so my cousins can come over and see me pregnant. And, as is her style, she is making food I don't like or can't eat so I am stuck eating banana bread or a half a plain, untoasted bagel and nothing else. Umm, if this brunch is for me why not make something I like?
I hate being the center of attention and she knows that so now I have to show everyone my bump over and over, be touched (which I hate), and answer the same questions over and over and over and over (are you going to find out what you're having, what do you want boy or girl, have you felt the baby yet, have you decided on names yet, how are you feeling, any morning sickness, when's the next ultrasound....) all while being hungry and annoyed because of the lack of food.
I hate being the center of attention and she knows that so now I have to show everyone my bump over and over, be touched (which I hate), and answer the same questions over and over and over and over (are you going to find out what you're having, what do you want boy or girl, have you felt the baby yet, have you decided on names yet, how are you feeling, any morning sickness, when's the next ultrasound....) all while being hungry and annoyed because of the lack of food.
Re: Annoyed with my mom
Alexander David
11.25.09
my blog
OMG the food thing would Pi$$ me off, and that may be because I was picky before getting pregnant but now there is stuff I don't like in addition to the foods you shouldn't eat. Not to mention plenty of times if you get hungry you also get sick. WTF? I would demand some food for you. Yup I just said demand.
The rest would pi$$ me off too but I tend to give off that stand back vibe so people tend to do just that. I guess a lot of it just comes with the territory and you can just chalk it up to one of the sacrifices you have to make.
I agree, if the brunch is for you, then you should have food you like and want to eat.
Alexander David
11.25.09
my blog
And as far as the food, I am totally eating before the brunch and after everyone leaves I am going to the store to get a some local foods that I miss.
ETA: I have tried demanding food for events for me before and it doesn't work. For my 30th birthday my mom made chicken soup with a dairy base, chili, and cornbread. I'm lactose intolerant, don't really like chili, and hate cornbread. All she says is that everyone else likes it so that's what she's making.
Good call on the food, though I think I am getting a little bit angry for you. LOL
Oh and sometimes we are far too much alike, between the height, weight and demeanor.
Oh, I know how to work the food. Been doing it since I was a kid.
And we are definitely too much alike - in a good way though.
Sorry Shelley, that stinks. I would be pretty freaking annoyed about the food thing
. The questions and touching - well, it's just going to prime you for the next 25 weeks or so when strangers will even be doing it.
At least you're going to get the local foods you like somehow
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What a bummer. I was always the kid left crying at the kitchen table in front of a full plate well after dinner was over because I didn't like the dinner. It took about 3 or 4 years but my grandmother finally cracked and started making stuff for me and somehow the family kind fell along with it.
Obviously that isn't quite what your talking about but your mom should still make you a dish. Oh well you already have it all figured though. Does your mom still have her blog I can leave a comment. Just kidding.
Dinner was never an issue with me. My dad cooked and he knew what I liked - it was mostly meat and potatoes dishes. It's the parties where food can be an issue.
She does still have her blog. She doesn't update it much anymore but every once in a while she puts something up.
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