I have to convince my mother to do stuff with us
For example (and context), a few days ago me, my sister, and my dad were gonna go to a new store that just opened and I thought my mother wasn't gonna come because she wasn’t even dressed to go out yet, but last minute she decided to come with us. But then, she looked at me and said “never mind“ and sat back on the couch. Me and my sister were obviously confused, and my dad just rolled his eyes because he‘s been dealing with this everyday for the past 20 something years. I asked her why she suddenly didn’t want to go, and she said it was because ”she knows I don’t want her to go“ and she “saw it in my eyes”. I was my even more confused because I had no clue what she was talking about, I thought I looked pretty normal. I tried explaining to her how that wasn’t true, but because she was so full of herself, she just kept on saying she was right and I was lying. Her guilt tripping was working, because I was practically BEGGING for her to come with us. It feels like I’m trying to convince a whining toddler to go to school. And I don’t know why, but whenever she does this, I have the urge to try to convince her because if I don’t, I’ll feel terrible and not be able to enjoy myself. this mess went on for like, 10 minutes before I was able to make her stop pouting and come with us.
I have been doing this for YEARS - like I was still in the single digits - and it’s driving me mad. I don’t know what she is trying to accomplish, but this has been pissing me off. She does it at such random moments too. This just makes me NOT want her to come with us anywhere, but I still beg for her to come with us when she does this. Its just so ridiculous and I just want her to stop