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So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.

My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.

Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."

I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"

She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."

I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."


Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.

As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.

As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."

Because she wants you to attempt to cajole her, thereby giving her attention. So don't engage, when she says that just give a cheery "Okay, great! We'll see you later when we all get back."

Since you're being bright and agreeable with her, it will drive her nuts.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.

My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.

Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."

I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"

She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."

I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."


Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.

As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."

Couldn't she just hand wash her clothes in the shower?

I must say, your ma deserves some sort of trinket for the best use of passive-aggressive drive-by behavior in a five minute window. I award it a 10.

Truly, I can't imagine stating I'd go to a laundromat if I'm at someone's home. A home with appliances. That is just weird.

Congrats, PSM. Fannie's right, too.

I bow.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.

My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.

Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."

I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"

She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."

I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."


Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.

As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."

I think wintergreen likes martyrs.

I love Guinefort. He was a martyr.

He wasn't my mother, though, and he didn't do laundry.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.

My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.

Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."

I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"

She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."

I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."


Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.

As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."

Couldn't she just hand wash her clothes in the shower?

Even better, go buy a wash-tub, a scrubboard, and a bar of lye soap, set her up in the backyard with the hose for rinsing and a clothesline, and wish her well.

AnnieCamaro wrote:I love Guinefort. He was a martyr.

He wasn't my mother, though, and he didn't do laundry.

Well, he never wore clothes.

Rexer25 wrote:

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:So, Emma and I got up early to go to Sam's Club to get the necessary supplies for her Promotion Party.

My mom was waiting downstairs and I asked her if she wanted to go.

Her response, "No, I need to go to the laundromat and do all of my laundry."

I say, "I have a washer and dryer, Mom, why don't you want to want to use it?"

She says "I don't want to inconvenience you."

I say, "How does it inconvenience me if I did my laundry this morning and I am leaving to go to the store."


Maybe I am strange, but wouldn't it have been easier, just to ask to do a load of laundry rather than offering to be a martyr and go to a laundromat.

As my Dad used to say about my mother, "nobody likes a martyr but the Pope."

Couldn't she just hand wash her clothes in the shower?

Even better, go buy a wash-tub, a scrubboard, and a bar of lye soap, set her up in the backyard with the hose for rinsing and a clothesline, and wish her well.

I need to put Rexer on retainer for the position of Permanent Consultant in the business of Dealing with My Mother.