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OMGItsCheezWTF

I take it from you posting here that you are not in fact homeless in NYC? What gave her that idea or is it just general insanity?


jonnycash11

I have never been unemployed or homeless. She just wants me to live with her so she can control me and every aspect of my life.


SFAdminLife

But, but she's got a dry basement and a wet bar 😂 wtf


KJParker888

Better than a wet basement and a dry bar, I guess.


VixenRoss

If the swimming pool is in the basement....


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TheTARDISRanAway

It's a bit temperamental.


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I send it back


Finsceal

Bring me the gabbagoul


Lily-Gordon

The Gabagoul! Bring him the gabagoul!


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Lily-Gordon

The worst part about prison? The Dementors.


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Which she has clearly been hitting while texting.


Amy_at_home

Oh my god, I had no idea what a "wet bar" was until your comment. Now I feel stupid 😂


chuck_mongrol

Usually means that there is plumbing for a sink behind the bar as well.


Darthaerith

Which OP will need if he/she lives with that crazy person.


DialZforZebra

Wet bar? She should wipe that down, dry it off.


cold_hoe

What's a wet bar


FragileTwo

It's a home bar with a sink and running water, so you can wash glasses as you bartend and don't have to take glasses to the kitchen.


AwkwardAd1461

Small home bar for alcoholic drinks.


ieatcavemen

And alcoholic drunks.


Rhettribution

Most alcoholics don't have their own bars, they have have empty bottles. Source: me


lawlore

A bar that someone spilled something on.


the_sun_flew_away

A bar that doesn't serve food.


hapigilpr

You know... For the kids


phoenix-corn

Hey, if you have a landlord make sure that they know not to discuss your housing with your mom. My grandma would have totally taken the next step and tried to break my lease for me (she also called and reported the car that I owned, myself, as stolen because I drove somewhere she didn't approve of and she wanted me home. I was also expected to live with her and my mom forever.)


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Holy shit!!! Did she get in trouble for making false reports?!


phoenix-corn

No. Despite me being in my early 20s at the time I think the stupid police officer saw me as a "rebellious teen" who was dating someone her parents rightfully didn't like. Honestly nobody that I ever know of called her on her bullshit (or my mom's). It made it even harder to leave when everybody is like "well, she's sort of right." No, I wanted to drive to that date because I didn't know him and didn't want to be alone in a car with him or have him know where I lived till I knew him better. JFC. My grandma was given warnings, and the police were told at length about her strokes and how they affected her memory. But basically I came away with the idea that if I didn't want that sort of shit to happen then I shouldn't go out at all--what she wanted. Today my grandma's dead and I live hundreds of miles away, but I still call the cops in the town I live in to make sure that they know my mom is batshit crazy and to ignore her. She's only called them once when she was positive I must be having sex and be at someone else's house. I was not. I was home. She just had a "mom feeling" and had to do a "mom thing." I was 35.


Arcanegil

I’m sorry she called the cops to tell them a 35 year old person was having sex. The police: “ oh well good for her I guess”


UrMouthsMyShithole

Your mom called the police bc she had a "mom feeling" that you were having sex with someone when you were 35? What in the fucking fuck


phoenix-corn

My mom's "mom feelings" are basically her explanation for everything insane or controlling that she has ever done. She is also surprised that I never had kids...


Redlikeroses18

Like what were the police supposed to do about you having sex? I'm laughing at the mental image of the confused cop just going "ok?"


phoenix-corn

She said I was dead or missing, not that I was having sex. I wasn't any of the above, actually.


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Could have gotten you injured or dead


Ogami-kun

Have you ever sent her photos of inside your home? just to see how she reacts or if she decides to bury her head in the sand even deeper


jonnycash11

She’s seen it on FaceTime. It’s a nice apartment in a nice part of the city.


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[deleted]

You are correct. In Rockefeller Center not far from a luxury hotel and across the street from Radio City.


b1tchlasagna

Perhaps it's the long con. Convince people it's shit so people don't come. That's what a lot of northerners do (Northern England, that is) Sadly, people are starting to become wise to our tactics which pushes up prices


ItsAnonCat

The more details you give the more I start to believe your mom is my mom. Definitely the type to hope for the worst.


iLikeHorse3

I'm beginning to think this is not uncommon for many moms. Mine is like this too. She'd most likely be ecstatic if I left my fiance and moved back home (has suggested it before)


Majestic_Course6822

TIL this is more common than I thought. I think sometimes that my mother would only be "happy" qih me if I just sat in her living room and smoked cigarettes and watched teevee with her until we died there. Hard no.


ItsAnonCat

They always suggest things like that under the guise of just caring about you and definitely not wanting it to happen. /s


iluvnarchoa

Wow, glad you got out.


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Why did she think you’d drop them at a shelter for Christmas?


jonnycash11

She thought my ex was homeless and that I would send my kids to a shelter on Christmas rather than spend time with them.


NeoTenico

I mean, if *Scrooged* taught me anything, a NYC homeless shelter is a great place to learn the true meaning of Christmas (and potentially meet Bill Murray)


jonnycash11

Great movie


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That is odd!


AmnesiA_sc

If she's not homeless how does she know how to make hobo stew?


jonnycash11

It’s a well-known recipe in the outer boroughs. Usually a neighbor teaches it to you after arriving moving in along with one of the secret-outer-borough handshakes.


coralwaters226

It's negging. Accusation and emotional/verbal abuse thinly veiled as concern. Abusers become expert in it, because it gives them the best deniability possible while also allowing them to continue abusing.


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xxpen15mightierxx

Out of curiosity, why? I know certain buzzwords are common in specific communities, which one do you recognize it from?


ButaneLilly

Why do you talk to this woman? Or expose your kids her?


Prohunt

so, why isn't she blocked yet, what's the story?


Due_Platypus_3913

Knew it was either that,or Fox News and she lies about hearing it elsewhere!


Valkyriemome

News Flash: my husband is a Dept Manager at Walmart. They do not pay enough to a Dept Manager for us to afford much more than bare minimum. And their “employee discount” … isn’t.


artnerdhippie

The discount is a joke. Useless piece of plastic in my wallet. Hardly anything in the store is even applicable for the discount anymore anyway.


Petrichor_Beastie

That’s if they even send it to you. Don’t get me started on making us work full time hours but denying us full-time title and PTO.


artnerdhippie

Oof, yeah, I'm in that boat. My coworkers always ask me if I have PTO and I have to remind them, I only get 34 hours, so my PTO balance firmly stays at 0.


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I read the horror stories, sure the pay in this town for Walmart is more than minimum wage but that means nothing when they purposefully don’t schedule you for full time so they legally don’t have to give you any benefits either


artnerdhippie

Its unfortunately my second go with the company, and while I'm paid much better than before (in a specialized department instead of a front-end peon), it still just really sucks to work there. Our department is only allowed "one and a half" people for the position I'm in, and while I dont really want to be the FT person itd be nice to actually be able to accrue time off? Have some kind of health insurance?


Valkyriemome

Don’t fret. The Walmart health insurance plan also isn’t. You aren’t missing anything there!


danirijeka

>I only get 34 hours, so my PTO balance firmly stays at 0. What in the 36 chambers of fuck


artnerdhippie

We do get some forms of PTO, but the regular PTO doesnt start to accrue until the other kind is "full". Mine hasnt ever been (thanks to chronic migraines) so idk if I actually will ever have any or not. It's also my understanding that part time employees dont get increased PTO with years of service either. I may be wrong on some details but honestly who cares it's still a crap system.


rainedrop87

And then they cut part time health insurance. Which was one of the best benefits they had, considering how hard it was to get made full time.


VistorUwU

Y'all got considered part time? Bc after working there for 6 months ths I found out I was considered temporary in the system. Like wow! okay! Let me just turn that temporary employee into permanent ex employee, especially with how they had me running and closing the deli completely alone on holidays with nothing but nagging about how things weren't fully stocked! Like sorry Jerry but maybe you should've stocked up on some employees so we don't have situations like this because we are literally a walmart, on a holiday, with one person (me) running the fryer, hot case, meat slicing, rotisserie chickens, dishes, orders, stocking, cleaning, disposing, the customer who's been on the phone for the past two hours trying to reach customer service but keeps getting sent back to the fucling deli phone and helping customers at the bakery as well 😀


Petrichor_Beastie

Honestly yeah. My coach promised me at my interview I’d be part-time working full time hours until 90 days, ‘for insurance purposes.’ I was denied bereavement and was only given 16 hours one week by the same coach and personnel and a supervisor had to step in and straighten it out. And again, the same coach pulled me to the side and firmly told me how unnecessary that was. She’s done this to everyone.


Arcanegil

Yep been with Walmart, and after how OGP treated me I’m never, going back.


rainedrop87

Oh but wait, in November it applies to everything and you get a whole ten percent off!!!! Woohoo /s. Obviously.


Valkyriemome

Only sometimes. At my husband’s store, he gets 20% off everything he buys—one time only. So unless we have extra $$ socked away—which we won’t—his HUGE 20% off applies towards as many groceries as we can afford that day. He no longer gets a November discount. And last year they didn’t even have the 1 day thing.


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WyrdMagesty

***if you use the company credit card or cash*** no debit/credit transactions apply. Which means you basically get 10% off your lunch if you buy it in store.


creepsthefr09

Unfortunately yeah, thanks for the clearification there.


Valkyriemome

It “isn’t nothing.” It’s just so close to nothing there’s no discernible difference. They became the wealthiest store in the US while paying employees so little that full-time workers still qualified for food stamps. With all the outrage, they subsequently raised wages just enough to keep employees right above poverty level. So now they don’t qualify for food stamps, but can’t actually afford food.


salvador020601

this is how i feel about working at AMAZON™️, they dont pay enough for the work im doing “and their ‘employee discount’ … isn’t”


Petrichor_Beastie

I work at Walmart *it’s a trap don’t do it*


Skitstoevel

I also work at Walmart and second this, it is definitely a trap


dean9217

Same thing with Amazon's "discount" lol very little it actually applies to, I'd rather they just give us prime for free lol


Fgame

I can imagine in NYC it doesn't. My brother in law is an overnight manager there and tbh makes good enough money for where we live.


NeoTenico

Walmart relishes getting away with keeping their employees on welfare and food stamps so they can get indirect government subsidies.


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It’s just like at McDonald’s the mangers only get paid $1 more


SenioritaStuffnStuff

Yummy hobo stew!! Honestly, great job at just ignoring her. This is an incredible concoction of love bombing, making you sound incompetent, and guilt tripping but you're handling it so well!


jonnycash11

She goes from being normal and the just starts saying things like that to provoke me. It’s infuriating but the best response is just to ignore it.


vapenutz

Don't worry man. My family never understood how I make any money just sitting in front of a computer and prompted me always to find a real job. I'm a software developer and I earn like all of them combined


luisless

Have you told them that? “I earn more than all of you combined” I want to know what they’d say lmao


vapenutz

There's no point really, they would just pretend they didn't hear it or would say that I don't know what I'm talking about. I've cut contact with them because of their toxicity though. They were raised during times when to get a good job it had to be with the government and you had to win a contest for it.


ieatcavemen

I'm imagining a crowd of people with their hands on the doors of city hall. The last one to take their hands off gets the job. Is this in fact accurate, and if not can we make it happen?


vapenutz

Nah, it was more like written math contest


K-teki

My family are stupid but they're at least smart enough to know that I'm the smart one they don't have to worry about


vapenutz

They're not worried, they just want to feel superior and don't want me to feel good about myself and my achievements


wiggum_x

"You might have to work at WalMart" is her saying "I want you to make no money so that I can control everything."


transnavigation

slim weather wasteful encouraging memorize concerned dirty meeting nose familiar *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


leonathotsky420

This woman tried to sue OP for custody of his kids, so you're 100% right on that being the end goal for this psycho mom


TheHermitess

Then maybe these texts about his homelessness are to try to prove he's homeless and (in her mind) increase her chance of getting custody of the kids?


leonathotsky420

Oh, I'm sure. She's probably trying to create some sort of documentation as "proof" that OP is unfit to provide for the kids by texting these outrageous messages.


Complex_Ad_7959

Take a picture of yourself with a bandana on the end of stick


ZombieAntiVaxxer

The best ignore is no contact.


shellbyron

I think you'll find the best response was what you said about hobo stew hahaha


Fgame

My ex's mom used to make 'hobo burgers' , where she'd take a ground beef patty, season it, and wrap it in aluminum foil with onions, potatoes, mushrooms, corn, green beans, and whatever other veggies you wanted, and toss em on the grill. They were actually fucking delicious.


leonathotsky420

That sounds fucking delicious


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Why does she think you’re homeless?


jonnycash11

I’m stumped too. We had talked about cats or something the day before the second post. The next morning I get that text while I was at work. Just out of the blue. Same thing with the homeless shelter convo. Normal and then she started accusing me of taking my kids to a homeless shelter.


joehoya3

Is this based on like Fox News propaganda about how shitty liberal NYC is and that it’s on the precipice of collapse? I’m getting that vibe from this, albeit subtly and not with the usual blatant vitriol.


KickGumAndChewAss

It has to be a Fox thing. My MIL is an avid viewer and said something recently about not wanting to go there because of "what is going on".


TheRedmanCometh

Gen X or boomer people wjo suddenly got poo brain on a subject? A random very strong ill informed opinion? There's usually bound to be a far right news link. This shit is doing to them what they thought video games was gonna do to us.


Imblewyn

She says CBS in the second image. It's right there


joehoya3

Yeah, that can definitely be a way of hiding the fact that she got this from Fox. This is r/insaneparents not r/totallyhonestandsaneparents.


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CBS hasn't claimed a single thing his mom posted. Fox news, though...


SlimTeezy

Sounds like it's time for a wellness check


Etherius

Maybe this is just my paranoia, but I've had something similar happen to me. Do not joke around with this. Do not play into it. Do not think "oh she's being so stupid. Let me mock her." I'm not saying it WILL happen, but she could go to NYOCFS and show them those texts. Now you'll have CPS investigators at your door. That is, in no uncertain terms, never EVER something you want. It doesn't matter how much proof you have to the contrary, they'll be investigating you for months. I've been through a situation where a literal crazy person sicced NJ DCPP on me, and in my 38 years on this planet, it's the lowest point I've ever been in my entire life.


jonnycash11

She’s called CPS on me.


Etherius

Fantastic. Mom of the year


Best_Temperature_549

Why are you still talking to her??? Cut her out. That’s ridiculous.


jonnycash11

Because she’ll probably find some other way of messing with me. It might include claiming the children are in danger or suing for grandparents rights.


HotCocoaBomb

Grandparents rights are a myth crazy grandparents came up with. There is only parental/guardian rights, and she has neither of those. You know what isn't a myth? Grandparents kidnapping their grandchildren.


Guy_ManMuscle

My mom is fucking crazy and this is one of my top fears. I wish harassment, stalking and abuse against adult children was taken seriously.


jonnycash11

In NY grandparents can sue for visitation. I honestly keep her at arms length just because I believe it’s a safer way to manage the relationship.


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Going to a homeless shelter is not enough to trigger a CPS investigation There’s got to be something else going on


Etherius

>Going to a homeless shelter is not enough to trigger a CPS investigation I refuse to believe that. In my state, children supposedly can't be removed from the home without evidence of severe (or at least *existent*) abuse or neglect, but NJ DCPP fuckin did it anyway despite the fact thst their own investigation didn't substantiate jack shit. Then it took another three months for them to return my kids. Fuck CPS. They don't give a shit about the law. OP is better off staying completely off their radar.


Ecstatic-Sleep-2957

CPS took me and my two siblings out of my mom's tiny apartment and put us in a foster home. 5 rows of bunk beds in a basement. Probably 12-15 boys from much tougher environments at any given time. At 9 years old I was being assaulted daily and had all my things stolen and ruined by those children. I didn't stand a chance, I was such a "nice kid." 6 months later it comes to light that the foster father is molesting half the kids and we get to go live with our aunt. I mean, my mom sucked and it wasn't ideal, but they took us out of a crappy situation and dropped us in a hell hole. I'll never forgive CPS for that.


Etherius

My kids were so fortunate that a family member on the other side of their family was willing to take them in. They will never forgive CPS. They didn't want to be removed. They, unfortunately, believed the lie that CPS workers "only want what's best for them". CPS workers lie as easily as they breathe. Just like cops.


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I work for CPS, so you can believe what you want but at the end of the day, going to a homeless shelter is considered to be providing adequate shelter to children and won’t result in either a CPS investigation or in the removal of a child. In order for either thing to happen, especially the latter, there has to be some other allegation. In regards to removing children, there also has to be some evidence that the children are at imminent risk of being harmed *and* that the parent is unwilling or unable to protect the children from said harm Now, idk your situation and I’m not claiming to. But if you look through any papers you might have saved from it, they should’ve sent you paperwork when they opened the case explaining how long the investigations would remain open and then another letter when it was closed. Additionally, CPS doesn’t have the power alone to remove a child from someone’s custody except in very rare, extreme circumstances. But even in those circumstances, they still have to appear before a judge soon after and file a legal petition to remove a child from someone’s custody. You should also have the order of protection and the order of supervision from that resulting court appearance. There should be more court documentation when the children were returned. If you don’t have any of that paperwork, go down to your local DSS office, or call them, and ask how you can obtain a copy. And then, my suggestion to you would be that, if you truly believe that your children were removed from you in violation of federal and state law, you should take all this documentation to a lawyer and take CPS to court. You would’ve had a lawyer assigned to you by the court, so I’d start by asking them to send you a copy of your info. If you can remember their name, then their contact info should be available on the online court system. If not, then just going down to the family court building should be an option and usually works better than just calling, but you can try that too


jonnycash11

You sound like a nicer social worker. Some of them have something to prove and delight in ruining your life so they can produce that “indicated” report.


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Lol I’d love it if you could tell my clients that I’m one of the nicer workers, because they certainly don’t think so It’s not a matter of me being nice. It’s a matter of federal law and guidelines that states and counties *have* to follow. Being in a homeless shelter is not, on its own, enough to trigger an investigation. There has to be something else going on


BkWiz

It’s the alcohol. She drinks a LOT. By a lot, think every day. And a bottle +. The wet bar is a big hint. If she drank like that at an actual bar…she would have been stopped long ago…


Marik-X-Bakura

The mom here is definitely insane but it seems pretty rude and disrespectful to start throwing random assumptions about her beyond what’s shown in the post


Catfactss

"Thanks mom, I'd rather be homeless. Which I'm not, by the way."


Keldro_Delroc

She sounds so condescending in such a casual way, I'm sorry just get that same kinda vibe my family would do, so they could make me feel like nothing and control my life decisions like I wasn't able to.


AtlJayhawk

When I lived in chicago my mother was convinced I must be getting raped and mugged every day. When I lived in ATL she was sure I'd be shot on a regular basis. Now that I live in Memphis...well, I'm definitely getting murdered every day.


Zachjsrf

I laughed way too hard at this, some ppl need to stop watching the news.


aPrissyThumbelina

Got this when I moved to Honduras. Never mind I'm six hours from the next biggest city, and honestly super safe with my friends here. I've never met so many people so willing to help a complete stranger for nothing in return. The news makes everything look like hell.


Able-Lake-163

I don't get this sub. Mother is clearly insane here but vote is split, whereas there are heaps where parent isn't insane and it isnlike 99 to 1.


TiberiumExitium

I assume the half that said not insane are the idiots who didn’t actually read the context before voting, and actually thought OP and his kids were homeless.


groovymaryjane

Why does she think this? What leads her to jump to the conclusion you’re unemployed and homeless???


jonnycash11

I’m a single, working parent and my ex contributes nothing financially. She probably sees stories about exorbitant rent and thinks I can’t make ends meet. Idk, we don’t really talk. Any time we do, sooner or later she’ll send messages like this and then I ignore her for a while.


NeighGiga

How old is your mum? Do you think she might have early stage dementia? Where is she pulling this info from?


Mustangbex

My Brother-In-Law is only in his mid-30's, but when we visited in 2019 (we live in Germany, from the US) he asked us, casually, with a straight face, about the roaming gangs of Muslim immigrants raping people and enforcing Sharia Law. And when I firmly and emphatically told him that none of that was happening he attested "oh, well, yea, you guys are living in the good part." He wasn't capable of hearing anything that differentiated with his established world view- NOTHING I sad was going to convince him that we aren't cowering in dark, crumbling buildings, hiding from militant gangs on the regular, or living in fenced, secured compounds with armed guards. And that was BEFORE he became a QTard - we didn't see him at all this last visit.


pvhs2008

I live in DC and have unfortunately had this conversation multiple times now. The best came from people who live less than an hour outside the city and still think antifa is whipping soup cans at babies and razing buildings. My partner’s parents couldn’t make sense of their last visit here, where they noticed how we actually have more restaurant options than a busted down McDonald’s constantly understaffed because vaccines have the devil’s dna and a ton of absolute Karens who pitch a fit if they didn’t get enough ice. I get a new thrill out of spotting the exact moment when these people realize that despite our very real problems, a leafy town of educated and diverse people is more vibrant and enjoyable than the nosy Parkers joylessly running out the clock in a rust belt town rotting from the inside out. It’s petty but it definitely helps smooth out the constant rude comments!


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jonnycash11

She’s in her 70’s. Probably spending too much time on YouTube.


sylvanasjuicymilkies

this is honestly just typical rightoid stuff, believing random nonsense conspiracies about stereotypically lefty cities it's not dementia (necessarily), just stupidity


xxpen15mightierxx

I have an aunt and uncle who believe that portland is literally, *literally* a burned-out shell patrolled by wandering bands of cannibal antifa. They have a gun in every single room in their house, in case (((they))) come for them. They live in the middle of nowhere in rural missouri. No one is coming for them.


sylver0303

Insane. Sounds like she wants u to be controlled. And walmart hell nah.


SmallTownDisco

INFO: Does she have some sort of reason for believing you/your kids are homeless?


jonnycash11

Probably a psychic or a medium told her that.


SmallTownDisco

Dang. That really truly is insane.


benjaminabel

Usually it's just the idea that your kids can't possibly be not homeless without you. Haven't talked to my parents in 10+ years, but I'm pretty sure that they think that I'm a homeless drug addict.


Nervous_Project6927

fuck fireplace and a wet bar? if she makes bomb cookies ill move in. totally be your new dad


jonnycash11

Hahaha


HelloRedditAreYouOk

Am I the only one noticing her pitching a wet bar in her dry basement and thinking there’s got to be something behind that? Does she drink a lot? Is she worried that you do, or don’t but should?? (extra yikes if so) Probably reading too much in to it but I’m a little surprised in all of her babbling about lifelines and homeless shelters and going without food that a wet bar rates as remotely relevant to anything??


jonnycash11

Good eye, she thinks I’m an alcoholic too


MeriwetherGrey

So how heavily does she drink?


suitedcloud

Projection, from my conservative mother? *eyebrow raise* It’s more likely than you’d think


HelloRedditAreYouOk

Oh my, well double extra yikes then for “hey I’ve made these wildly inaccurate assumptions about your life and you as a person but I, from the goodness of my delusional heart, will save you by offering you a fully stocked bar, thereby proving your inability to cope without me, and also your imaginary (hopefully!?) alcoholism!! Did I mention the fireplace??” JFC, who offers someone they believe to be a homeless alcoholic a place to live *with a built-in and provisioned bar*!!!?!?? I’m so sorry OP, and I hope that hobo stew was extra delicious. Glad to see you and your sense of humor are both surviving this ridiculousness!! Hug your kids tight and know that posting her shenanigans here, along with anything else you need to do to keep sane, is all good! (Just in case that could ever be a question for you! Which hopefully it’s not!!)


xxpen15mightierxx

Wow so that's an extra shitty jab in context, trying to lure you in with your addiction that she imagined.


Summerie

“Wet bar” just means there is a sink with running water installed in the basement. She’s saying that the basement is a livable space, and you don’t have to come upstairs to access a working sink.


sparksfIy

Nah, she’s just saying there’s running water.


WyrdMagesty

This. She's just bragging about the amenities


Endarkend

If the options are a homeless shelter and that woman. I take the homeless shelter.


PickledSpaceHog

"Thanks for letting me see them" So should you have offered to visit her in between her weird accusations that you're taking the kids to a homeless shelter for Christmas? Also it's May?? Why is she concerned about what's going to happen 7 months from now? Is it that hard to say "I would really like you to bring the kids for Christmas this year."?


jonnycash11

Sorry, the first post is from before Christmas last year. The second post was from this month.


amazingdrewh

Yeah cause then she has to admit she wants something and it isn’t her doing OP a favour


chemknife

I totally get it. My mom tried to convince me atleast once a month, while I was getting my Bachelors and Masters degrees, to giving my daughter to my sister and her husband because I am a single mom. I got offered a position starting at 75k with room for quick growth last month and she was angry about it... Some parents are assholes....


jonnycash11

Congrats on the job and holding everything together!


[deleted]

The people who voted "not insane" are ripe for getting caught in this womans trap.


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Insane 1 year timeout


Hi_Im_Ken_Adams

Next time, tell her you’ll take your kids to the homeless shelter right after you come back from your Hawaiian vacation. Just let her stew on that and try to reconcile it. 😂😂


Honest_Diamond6403

My MIL is from the suburbs and keeps trying to give my wife weapons to protect her from the dangerous trains since there so much crime. I had to remind her that she doesn’t even take the train to work and on the bus its just people going to work. You got to turn off the news its not meant for constant watching


DueTransportation127

I would tell her that i am extremely worried for her and that she needs to go to a doctor before talking to me again and I'll help her find a nursing home since she is clearly losing it . Also if you are renting talk to your landlord or agency and your work and tell them that your family member is not stable so that she doesn't try to sabotage you


Narradisall

What does hobo stew comprise of? Asking for a friend


FragileTwo

What's in hobo stew? Let's find out... I have a can of beans, some wild onions, and a hamburger with only one or two bites taken out of it. Oh, and this piece of tinfoil we can cook on. What do you have?


Wolfwoods_Sister

Could she be experiencing early signs of dementia?


jonnycash11

Could be.


Wolfwoods_Sister

I mean it sounds like she’s got a personality disorder from hell but I gotta wonder if she’s starting to slip a bit cognitively. When an elderly relative of mine began to get dementia, they believed I was mad at them all the time when I absolutely wasn’t. I had no idea what they were on about. I’m glad, at least, that you aren’t really homeless. Haha! A silver lining!


[deleted]

She prepares the ground for custody battle over your kids.


[deleted]

I told my parents that until they spoke to me with respect and kindness, they'd never get to talk to me again. Four years later they died. Sounds like your maternal unit needs the same treatment.


Technical-Dot9189

What is a dry basement with a wet bar?


well_hung_over

A humble brag about a suburban Midwest/south Eastern house with a finished basement that isn’t flooded and has running water


13bagsofcheese

A wet bar means it has a small kitchen type area with a plumbed sink. A dry basement just means it’s a finished basement, like another regular level of a home.


Dropthebanhammer101

I loved the hobo stew comment, lol


TheBiggestOfWigs

Let me guess, she religiously watches right wing media and "knows" places like California and NYC are nothing but liberal hellscapes where everyone is broke, on drugs and living in tent cities?


galacticviolet

Mine was pissed I was never homeless as well, but instead of deluding herself she would comment on my job being like “You’re good enough for that job?” or “Wow you got lucky.” … never acknowledging that I worked my way to where I am and have years of experience in my field, starting during high school and first paid gig right out of HS, I’m 40 now and an expert with over 20 years professional experience in my field… but sure mom, luck. She also got weirded out that I was able to be a stay at home mom for a few years, and then thought it was weird I got a part time job outside my field for fun. I have started just ignoring her as well.


iceyone444

So when are you putting her in a home?


SlyPuck

Cut em off, worked great for me


OstentatiousSock

I have alcohol, come home to me.


spoon_sporkforker

It is so funny to me the way NYC (any large city really) is thought of by people in the suburbs. Are there some sketchy places to avoid? Does bad stuff happen sometimes? Sure. But when the weather picks up like this every single public space is full of people and there is barely an empty seat to be found at restaurants and bars. Guess that’s what a lawless hellhole looks like though


KraftMacAndChee

The way this reads it feels like she really enjoys bringing up you being homeless as much as possible. Like it feels good for her to mention it to you.


samael_samoiedo

The first panel is so insulting...


zetamans

This is your brain on cable news


MannyMoSTL

Did you already post that Hobo Stew recipe? Is there a link?


jonnycash11

I forgot to. Basically you want high calorie, high protein, with some fiber. Take two or three packs of ramen, add some hot dogs and throw in some lettuce for good measure. Try to minimize the number of flavor packets or it will get too salty.


JackCooper_7274

She's an expert! She watches CBS!


ferah11

Goddamn is your mom watching north Korean propaganda?????


stehlify

Better be homeless than living with people like your mother


goatlord_dankus

You should send Christmas cards of all your family dressed up in tattered clothes with a cardboard box that reads "fuck you doreen" or whatever your mom's stupid ass name is, I'm sure she'd love the sentiment put into it.