Hi guys. I just thought I’d ask what’s up with my mom… She’s been acting VERY moody lately. A very strong example of this is tonight. At about 7 in the evening tonight, she got home from a massage and was EXTREMELY mad. She walked in the door and gave me a disgusted look as I was on my Xbox. I continued to play, and about a minute later after getting all settled in upstairs, she comes down and stands directly in front of the TV, after turning it off. I question why she did it and she COMPLETELY explodes on me as to why I ‘play the Xbox too much.’ It’s summer, and I’m usually up at eleven, out with friends, then back at 2 and on it ’till 7 when we eat, then in bed at 11, so that’s (a maximum possibility of) 9 hours on the Xbox per day. In her eyes, though, “I’m on it all day and night,” and in her eyes, I once woke up at 8 AM, then stayed up until 4 AM playing nothing but Xbox. I don’t know how she got this whacky idea in her head, but she accuses me of it and refuses to accept any other terms, or any sort of an explanation. Anyway, on with the story. She tells me to turn of the Xbox to eat dinner, and turn the TV on. I do both. Since we seem a good 20 minutes away from eating, I surf the web for a couple of minutes to watch some videos. Upon seeing this, she completely lashes out at me and moans about how I “always have to be plugged in, on something.” A little ticked off now, I go up to dinner. As soon as I sit down, she says “How do you like the burgers?” in a very light, sing-songy tone, as if her mood has completely reversed polarity to a sweet little angel. I say “They’re good,” then go up to get a drink. She says “No soda,” and, obeying her command, I get some milk from the fridge. Apparently, this classifies as soda, so she erupts at me again, for “hogging up all of the milk.” I know for a fact that she is aware that there are two full gallons of milk in the fridge, and I had just opened a new one. After showing her the ample supply of milk, she refuses to accept it and refers to me as a “milk-hogger.” Seriously mad now, I decide to ignore it and turn on the computer. This further enrages her, and she sifts through ALL of my files and browsing history for about an hour, convinced I’m downloading illegal software and pornography, which is “why I’m always up late.” This apparently fills in the puzzle piece of the “proof” she’s been looking for, and bans me from the PC without any further evidence whatsoever. She’s gone out for a walk now after threatening to disown me for downloading illegal/pornographical material, so I’m sneaking on right now to post this. She’s coming up on 54 years old, and this isn’t the first time we’ve (my stepdad and I) seen symptoms like this. It’s been much worse. So can anyone provide some insight on this? Should I ignore it or react? Is it menopause? Thanks for your help, everyone.
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Are you kidding me? Nine hours a day on xbox? And you wonder why she gets upset? You’re frying your brain cells! Any caring parent would get upset. It seems you need to get off your duff and learn to do a few other things in life, like getting a job and earning your keep and buying your own TV and the electricity it costs to run it. Why aren’t you preparing yourself for the real world out there? A fantasy world will not help you learn to get along with real people. I don’t know your age but I would guess it is about 15-17. These are the years you are supposed to be preparing for independence. All too soon you will need to carry the whole load of taking care of yourself. Car, insurance, gas, food, rent, clothes, entertainment….you will be responsible for when you turn 18.
Now your Mom is 54….so it is possible she is having some premenopausal symptoms which can include mood swings. What will you be like when you are 54? So give her a break in the mood department and get off your behind and show some initiative in life. Volunteer somewhere, clean yards, do whatever it takes to get a summer job even now. Work part time during the school year. Study hard, get good grades and make something of your life besides shooting and killing and racing aroung on Xbox. There is more to life! -
omg. My mom is being like this to, she like yelled at me and called me an “ignorant little asshole” this is the story that JUST happened like an hour ago. :/
We just finished at the barn and got some fast food to eat while we were at home then she was going to take a nap. So we get home we start eating and watcing some tv then my cat billy starts to meaw because he wants to go outside, well he is an indoor cat and we let both (Billy and huffalump) our cats go outside but we keep the door open a little so if something scares them they can come in, well i let him outside and left the door open just a little crack so if he needed in he could push it with his paw and get in (billy went outside not huffalump) she said “Dont let him outside i dont want anyone looking in here” The house is a MESS because we have had NO NO NO time to clean because we’ve been so busy and when were home were super tired. i replied “I opened it just a little no one can see in” so she was like okay and whatever so then a few mins later billy came bolting in so i just shut the door. My mom went to bed (nap) so i started to watch some tv. Well billy starts to meaw again so i let him out my moms phone rings (text message) so i read it and look in her room to see if she is awake so she can answer i look at huffalump he is in the bed so i just shut her door, Well she got up and we get ready to leave for the barn and she is totally fine, well she calls to see if anyone fed the horses and they havent so she said “When i collaps and have a heart attack you all are going to be saying Oh i sould have given her a day off” i didnt say anything so then we left. Well our landlords son (4 years old) told me our cat was still outside while my mom stormed out to the car not noing he was talking to me and that the cat had gone over the fence so i asked him what one because billy was inside and huffalump was on my moms bed well he said “the grey one” Then my neighbor said oh yeah he went across the fence threw the bushes and is now long gone so i was like in my mind oh **** so i told my mom and she was an *** about it then yelled at me the whole way to the barn how i was an ignorant asshole and how i should be proud the i lost my sisters cat she made me cry then on top of that she said Im picking you up late tomorrow i dont even want to see your face (i babysit my lil cuzin) so we got home and the cat was on the bed. They were talking about someone elses cat that was also grey. I did not get an apology.
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Well it could be but I am not a doctor.But it may be best if you get another female to talk to her about this.We women don’t like men telling us what our hormones are doing to us.I’m not joking it is true.Ask a female relative you and your step dad trust to not blab that it is the two of you who want her to find out if that’s what it is.Good Luck!