I seem to be having trouble responding to some comments.
To answer a few points, my mother is in her 90s. She is not suffering from dementia, but she doesn’t deal well with not getting her way. She throws tantrums in public. So it is easier just to go along with her wishes. One of my sisters had the police called on her for elder abuse once because my mother was throwing such a fit about how mean her daughter was to random strangers. Edit: if you’ve seen the episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Lois’s evil mother comes to visit, and they call the police on her when she refuses to leave, and she plays the pity card to the cops and almost gets Hal arrested? That’s my mother.
This trip was the first time I had seen her in 2 years. I took her to the casino with the agreement that I would wait outside, but of course she pretended to be looking for me in the casino, security called me thinking she was lost, and when I went in she insisted we go eat there rather than heading back to the vacation rental. I couldn’t exactly leave my elderly mother there and go back to the vacation rental without her.
I got home a week ago and don’t plan on calling her for a while. I am still pissed off.
My sympathies to you, (not that you need it but) it sounds like a really rough time! I don’t know if I’d have the energy to deal with adult tantrums when I have a migraine so I completely understand and don’t blame you for taking time for yourself now that you can.
I seem to be having trouble responding to some comments.
To answer a few points, my mother is in her 90s. She is not suffering from dementia, but she doesn’t deal well with not getting her way. She throws tantrums in public. So it is easier just to go along with her wishes. One of my sisters had the police called on her for elder abuse once because my mother was throwing such a fit about how mean her daughter was to random strangers. Edit: if you’ve seen the episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Lois’s evil mother comes to visit, and they call the police on her when she refuses to leave, and she plays the pity card to the cops and almost gets Hal arrested? That’s my mother.
This trip was the first time I had seen her in 2 years. I took her to the casino with the agreement that I would wait outside, but of course she pretended to be looking for me in the casino, security called me thinking she was lost, and when I went in she insisted we go eat there rather than heading back to the vacation rental. I couldn’t exactly leave my elderly mother there and go back to the vacation rental without her.
I got home a week ago and don’t plan on calling her for a while. I am still pissed off.
Sheesh, I don’t blame you.
My sympathies to you, (not that you need it but) it sounds like a really rough time! I don’t know if I’d have the energy to deal with adult tantrums when I have a migraine so I completely understand and don’t blame you for taking time for yourself now that you can.
Are you in Vegas? I went there for my honeymoon and stayed at the South Point hotel. It had a bowling alley in it as well.
It was in Palm Springs, California. I think Fantasy Point?