Double Standards
Classic case of double standards for yourself and for others.
When my mom has showered, she tells me to go downstairs and buy stuff for her, get stuff from other people from her, do things for her so she doesn't have to bathe again.
When I have showered, she demands I go down and carry stuff from the old house for her. I tell her I showered already and she tells me 'just take another bath'.
And I'm not allowed to express my dissatisfaction. And I'm guilt-tripped for expressing it. Like I'm the worst son in the world.
And of course when I try to explain my rationale, the situation is different for her and the same principles apparently don't apply to everyone.
Damn frustrating.
When my mom has showered, she tells me to go downstairs and buy stuff for her, get stuff from other people from her, do things for her so she doesn't have to bathe again.
When I have showered, she demands I go down and carry stuff from the old house for her. I tell her I showered already and she tells me 'just take another bath'.
And I'm not allowed to express my dissatisfaction. And I'm guilt-tripped for expressing it. Like I'm the worst son in the world.
And of course when I try to explain my rationale, the situation is different for her and the same principles apparently don't apply to everyone.
Damn frustrating.
Ren ren,
Mothers are like that one. Maybe sometimes we might be like that to others but we are jsut unconscious of it. Like how my mother is always willing to help me/sometimes too willing :) whenever I asked her for help. But sometimes when she needs my help, due to my tiredness, I kinda dragged my feet while doing the task. So yeah, cheer up k!
Lexy
hee. yup. Moms can be like that sometimes! I wanna share with you something.
Just awhile ago, my mum asked me to do the laundry and iron the clothes, since i'm not going out. Tsk. Then my brother is also not going out what.
Double standards. Why are males not required or expected to do housework? It's a common phenomena but I refuse to think that it's just the reponsibility of ladies. If parents socialise their kids to be that way... kids will grow up thinking that's the way it should be.
In fact, my dad does housework too. But why aren't my brothers being socialised to help out? I don't get it sometimes.
Oh well. Should run along and do it anyway. When i have kids one day... I will make both genders do housework!! Haha! ;)
Take care dude!
My mum is like that too! When we changed TV channel she will say that we're selfish, when she changed she'll say she hardly watch TV (though she ALWAYS watch TV). Thankfully there are 3TV in my house now so we dun have to fight over it.
But every time i recall what my mum has done for me, I will do things for her willingly. =)