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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 19568" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>I agree, H needs some counseling to learn how to put up some healthier boundaries with his mother...and possibly even his siblings.</p><p></p><p>My mom is a food addict so I can totally relate to her demanding food at 3 in the afternoon on a windy beach! It's like round the clock feeding time at the zoo when she is visiting us. I have to hide food in my basement fridge/freezer otherwise mom would graze all day long. As soon as I walk in the door, her first question is not about my day, but "What are you fixing for dinner, I'm starved?" LOL - fortunately, I have many years of counseling under my belt and can just follow my regular schedule accordingly. I give her a little crackers and chees to tide her over and get on with my schedule. It works for us. She gets annoyed, but too bad. Your H needs to learn how to NOT jump everytime she tells him to (in her own special language)...</p><p></p><p>My mother's favorite thing to say to all her children (she jokes about it all the time, in fact) is: "When I say JUMP, you jump, and on the way up, ask how high!" Ugh, I get physically ill just thinking of it. And that's exactly how she expects everyone to behave when she's with them. As of right now, I only have one sister who still jumps for her. ~hugs~ hang in there and keep focusing on you - this is H's issue, not yours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 19568, member: 2211"] I agree, H needs some counseling to learn how to put up some healthier boundaries with his mother...and possibly even his siblings. My mom is a food addict so I can totally relate to her demanding food at 3 in the afternoon on a windy beach! It's like round the clock feeding time at the zoo when she is visiting us. I have to hide food in my basement fridge/freezer otherwise mom would graze all day long. As soon as I walk in the door, her first question is not about my day, but "What are you fixing for dinner, I'm starved?" LOL - fortunately, I have many years of counseling under my belt and can just follow my regular schedule accordingly. I give her a little crackers and chees to tide her over and get on with my schedule. It works for us. She gets annoyed, but too bad. Your H needs to learn how to NOT jump everytime she tells him to (in her own special language)... My mother's favorite thing to say to all her children (she jokes about it all the time, in fact) is: "When I say JUMP, you jump, and on the way up, ask how high!" Ugh, I get physically ill just thinking of it. And that's exactly how she expects everyone to behave when she's with them. As of right now, I only have one sister who still jumps for her. ~hugs~ hang in there and keep focusing on you - this is H's issue, not yours. [/QUOTE]
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