Nah, my mother was raised during the depression and worked thru WWII and she was everything bad described here

I decided that I would be a decent person but not a punching bag. Don’t care if they are old, sick, lonely - whatever. Don’t care. I realized that for my own mental health that the kindest, decent thing to do was stay an arms length away and hire others to tend to her needs. She was safe and not neglected, and I…

My mother told me the same thing and I responded that it wasn’t my nature to take shit and she should expect me to walk away or hang every time she did that. She never stopped, or learned anything but not listening did worlds of good for my mental health

Thank you for this - and Dr. Phil can shut the hell up too with his ‘but she’s the only mother you’ll ever have” B.S. I don’t understand people who can hear someone else’s pain and respond in a way that completely disregards anything they say or have experienced. They do not deserve a respectful response

No pumpkin you have not ‘mastered the fine art of presenting a charming disposition with self-awareness’ You were condescending and unprofessional. Step waaaaaay back in your written communication and keep your requests brief and factual without embellishment until you have established your professionalism in the…