Guest zebm1 Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 tha 82 year old battleaxe, kicking, beatching and her heels dug in inta the 21st Century......over a new TV. Got her a brand new Samsung Flat panel HDTV, HERS WAS WORN OUT......she had ta have....Rabbit ears..... Me - Mom they won't work, she-yes they will, ...me-then you buy them. Later that nite, "I WANT TA TAKE THIS JUNK BACK!!!".....Ma you need Cable! (Crazy loon of a woman)..... So yesterday, scheduled cable hook-up fer today....done, Basic, Basic..... only 22 channels with mirroRed HDTV....... She says..."It's too soft, not as Sharp as mah old TV"...............crazy Loon of a woman, lucky I had GreggH's favorite beverage on hand....6 pack o' Miller's Lite Beer....... ###### THAT OLD BATTLEAXE IS GONNA DRIVE ME BACK TA DRINKIN' AGAIN. What's yalls Moms Like?
m408 Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 Quit crying like a sissy and just be glad that she is still around. Some aren't.
Rick Schmidt Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 M408 put it kinda harsh but yea be glad she's still here. Last year My mom decided her tv was needing an upgrade. She wanted one of those new huge flat TVs lol And the big nice surround sound stuff hehehe . She loves that tv lol says if I see her house on fire I better grab 2 things the TV and her Mustang keys lol. I'm the one stuck on the old I don't want one of those flat tvs and all that digital stuff lol
Mr. Can Am Garage Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 Quit crying like a sissy and just be glad that she is still around. Some aren't. Bingo! I lost mine two years ago and I truly enjoyed EVERY minute I spent with her.
MrObsessive Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 Amen Mark! God bless those that have/had a great mom and a great relationship.............but there are those of us out here that have had a TERRIBLE relationship with their moms all of our lives! Mark, my mom is very much like yours except she's ten years younger. She's gone through four marriages and thinks it was all their fault. She's got a great way of making herself the victim, and without going through a lot of detail.........all the trouble she's having right now is all due to bad/selfish choices on her part. She'll never admit that, but I've told her as much.
Frank Steffens Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 My mom is THE most Irish Catholic woman on the planet. I'm 35 years old, married, and own my own house, and I'm still not allowed to curse IN MY OWN HOME (or else I get smacked). My father is a Permanent Deacon in the Catholic Church, and even HE isn't as devout as she is! She really is a good person though, and I love her with all my heart. I really lucked out in the parents department.
george 53 Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 Ma's 85 years old this month. She gets around pretty good for her age,still likes to putz in her garden and knit/crochet.Can't really complain about her at all except when she starts speakin spanglish,thank God I can understand her.She worked 27 years for Fisher Body trim as a seamstress .She always took my side when me an Pop would have our"discusions"about Nam.He didn't really think it was a war,Not like WWII, but Mom said "he got shot at,just like you,so you arent telling ME he didn't go to war"!!! My welito,her dad,lived to 100. hope she stays around as long! God Bless Her!!!
Chas SCR Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 I can relate to Mark and few others, My mooooth well lets put it this way Marty! she was in the middle of a divorce from my father when she found out that she was going to have me. She try'ed to abort me by using drugs and caused my heart condition when I was real young. After the divorce the judge grant my father custody.. very unheard of back in 68, She worked at the same plant and lived just 10 min from where I grew up but never once did she see me or talk to me. I had two brothers and both of them was abanded, My oldest was rasied by are grandparents and my youngest one was rasied by his fathers mom. All three of us boys would grow up knowing each other and also seeing each other as much as we wanted to by my father and Martys mom and dad, My grandparents was real cool people as they blame her for every thing. How ever I did see her once when I turn 18 and that lasted about 2 min as I looked at it she did not want to see me for the first 18yrs she does not even have to see me for another 18yrs or more. My step mom adopted me when I was 3 and far as I have ever looked at it she is my real mom. And she can be hard some times but I love her to death for what her and my father had to go through.
Guest zebm1 Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 I'm in Mark and Bill's category....still have battle scars on my legs from tha hickory switches she used on us boys...oh yeah...even made us go and get her weapons for her...., she put my youngest into County Prison...long story.....he won't have nothing to do wit her.....cause it's never her fault and it's always someone else's fault.....and I end up with tha old battleaxe 'cause I'm tha oldest-first born. hhehe, she's had a total mastectomy, wasn't her fault.....it was thet damned doctor's........ 3 strokes, not her fault....damned doctors......
Jello Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 Oh don't get me started about my moms! Geezz, its any wonder I'am still alive! After 48 years, I still can't do anything right by her and its like pulling teeth out of a sharks mouth talking to her! By the way, she will be 69 this month! Got to spend the next few weeks getting ready for her by getting numb from beer! I envy you guys that still get along, being around your moms or miss them! ~ Jeff
Gray Smith Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 I lost mine almost 2 years ago too...and man I do truly miss her, I actually had a dream about her the other night, first one i've had since she passed. Kinda one of those where you get your hopes up then you wake up and realize it was just a dream.. for those who still have their moms, there is no love like a moms love of her son or daughter...dads have a special love for their kids too, but they are not the ones who birthed them... I miss you mom, I love you Gray
LVZ2881 Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 Mark, my mom is very much like yours except she's ten years younger. She's gone through four marriages and thinks it was all their fault. She's got a great way of making herself the victim, and without going through a lot of detail.........all the trouble she's having right now is all due to bad/selfish choices on her part. She'll never admit that, but I've told her as much. Bill, sounds exactly like my mother in law, only shes on marriage number 5... and my wife wonders where she gets her selfishness from.....
m408 Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 Sorry for jumping on you Zeb. My reaction was based on my relationship with my own mom. Had no idea that so many were less fortunate. You know, there is an old expression, "You can choose your friends but can't choose your parents". Well I guess that I was lucky. Looking back, if I could have chosen my parents, it would have been the ones that I had.
Brian Fishburn Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 Hehe- I fall right about in the middle of all y'all. I love my Mom, she's mostly a sweetheart, but there's another side to her. It's a side she would deny, and it's a side she doesn't even know that I know about. It's better for everyone that she doesn't know that I know. Still, I love her, and try to do as much as I can without sacrificing my own life (and I find a pretty good balance) She can be very generous, sweet, and loving(almost all of the time). She can also be manipulative and deceitful (very rare, but very painful when it happens) She's no saint, but she's not bad at all. She's mine, and I love her.
ericmaxman Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 (edited) I never knew that there was such a thread. My mom is still kinda young (51). My mom never admits her wrong. And when she is wrong, she blames everyone (thing) except herself. My poor dad has been tolerating till this day. My mom also like to control everything. And she likes things her way. Like the last time, I used to have a dog. But it keeps barking at people passing the house ( which dog doesn't?). She got so fed up with the dog, she forced my dad to send it away. And her excuse was? I hate dogs who bark. But he does have her positive points too. She cooks goos spaghetti. Yum-yum. She is loving, provided nothing goes into her way. I can go on and on about my mom, but I suppose this in long enough. Edited June 11, 2008 by ericmaxman
Harold Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 My mom is great. She just turned 81 and still is able to drive her car the 180+ miles to Flint to visit (my older brother and I live in town). She's able to get out and walk her two miles every day and she's happy her beloved Red Wings won another cup. I was fortunate enough to have a good upbringing in a slightly dysfunctional family (but all families are dysfunctional to a point). Dad and I were never that close (he passed away four years ago) and I miss him a lot. So, enjoy the fact that your mom is still around.
RodBurNeR Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 (edited) I am lucky to have a mother that has dedicated her life to her two sons. She never buys expensive clothing or makeup , nor spends time at the mall. She saves money back in case something happens to one of her kids and we are both over 30 years old. My mom was there in the hospital with me 16 times when i was a kid. She was there at my feet when i was sick many times. She let me talk to her as friends and so i was NEVER afraid to tell her my secrets or to admit i was doing something that she would not approve of. My mom comes to some of the model shows here in Omaha to see what makes me so happy! My mom is the best! I know what some of you may feel about horrible mother's.....i can compare on that level with dad's. My dad was great, i love him and he is dead now. I however saw things i should have not seen as a child by my dad and we had a very rocky relationship through the years. Once i turned 25 and my wife was pregnant, my dad changed his whole attitude and started treating me like an adult and respected me! I am not saying it's all about the pregnancy, but at the point only did he and i get a long like we should. We got along for 6 years very well before he died of cancer. This goes to show it's never too late for a parent to be their child's friend. Edited June 11, 2008 by awbcrazy
Guest zebm1 Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 Omaha, Nebraska HUH? That's where I waz born Lincoln County General Hospital, courtesy of Unkle Curtis... 1st CO of SAC in tha Brand New USAF. My Dad waz tha last FSO of the CAF (that's Continental not Confederate -he was my ancestral link to ahhh, to ahhh,.....those damned Yankees, shhh don't spred that around now yall hear) and tha 1st FSO of SAC. Lucky fo' me Unkle Curtis liked keeping his areoplanes in tha Sunny South....so I had tha Great Good Fortune to grow up Suthern Style.
conor1148 Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 my mom is always taking my mustang to "work" and leaves will a full tank of gas and comes back with 200 miles on the odometer more and barely enough gas to get to a gas station. plus she makes up excuses why she has to try it to work when we have 3 other vehicles, some are even more fuel efficient
evilone Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 well my mom is kick back she figures that since im 19 i can do what i want when i want because its my life in fact when i was a freshman in high school she told me to get my head out of my a$$ and think about what i want to do after i told her what i wanted to do she has been helping me out alot last spring when i found my caddy she vowed that she would buy it,get parts for it,and hope the best for it she told me "the reason i want to do this is because it will show the world that you are not a joke which will then help you find a ###### good job" since the fact that she didnt need to buy it that means that she will do her damnest to return it to the way it was when it rolled out of the coach builders factory which will be kinda hard since not everyone makes parts for hearses.
lordairgtar Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 he was my ancestral link to ahhh, to ahhh,.....those damned Yankees, shhh don't spred that around now yall hear) Aw, ya done let that bundle of snakes outa the sack now boy! Ain't gonna be easy putting 'em back! :lol:
Rick Schmidt Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 my mom is always taking my mustang to "work" and leaves will a full tank of gas and comes back with 200 miles on the odometer more and barely enough gas to get to a gas station. plus she makes up excuses why she has to try it to work when we have 3 other vehicles, some are even more fuel efficient I don't have to worry bout my Mom takin off in my Mustang ......... She just drives her own lol I mean why would she drive my lowly old 01 ( actually was her first ) when she has her 06 lol
cruz Posted June 13, 2008 Posted June 13, 2008 It makes me a little sad to hear the negative stories about some of the moms around here but not everyone is perfect and I think I understand. As for me, I thank God for giving me the most beautiful gift of all, of course my beautiful Mom, there is nothing in this world that I love more than her, she is my friend and the most important person in my life bar none!!!
FactoryStock54 Posted June 13, 2008 Posted June 13, 2008 After reading some of you guys' posts, I can say that I am extremely lucky to have a good relationship with my mom; she lets me be myself, gives me my space, doesn't criticize and is always very supportive.
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