u/offofficehours

I have been applying and interviewing like crazy. The interviews I’ve had feel like they went well, maybe some stumbling a little bit but that happens. I keep getting told they’ve gone with another candidate usually with more experience or just never hear from them again. It’s pretty discouraging, but I’m have to remind myself that I’m trying my hardest because I really want this. Any pointers for interviewing or how to handle rejection would be greatly welcomed.

My (f24) mother has always tried to be the free flowing, very open, alcoholic “fun” mom. It used to make me very embarrassed when she’d be super silly or saying random stuff she was thinking, we were not close growing up. We are a lot closer now because I realize she will help me through literally anything. Over the past few years, my mom has mentioned in past having sex with my dad when they were together and it was good, and other times about her relationship with her new husband, my step dad. I hate it. It could be the most repulsive topic to think or talk about for me, I don’t think it could be worse. She’s has described already that her and her husband have had threesomes and they actively seek out women to sleep with or flirt with. I don’t know exactly what happens with them because I immediately shut it down whenever it comes up. Today, I started talking about a guy I was romantically texting and his and I’s conversations was super weird and disconnected. My mom and I were talking about how you should be with someone with similar interests. She the said “yeah. Like husband and I like to watch women”. A switch flipped and I went off on her about how that’s so gross and I don’t want to know about that. I feel like it’s also important to know I was headed to an interview and needed a clear head. I literally said “no, you’ve ruined this conversation, I’m done” and we said goodbye. After the interview I called her back to tell her about the interview and to say what she said really bothered me. She was being very awkward and trying to explain it wasn’t meant to be a sexual joke, but also started saying I was being jerk and taking it too far. I wanted her to explain what she meant if it wasn’t and she said she meant “people watching”. I ask why she wouldn’t have said that instead of “watching women” and she said “I don’t know, we should just move on”. I still asked her to apologize and to stop talking about sex stuff. We talked for bit longer awkwardly and then we said goodbye again. Okay, I’d really like to know if I really did take it too far with my disgust and was I being an asshole or was it far and most people don’t like hearing about your parents having sex.