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The weirdest freakouts.

Kattkatt's picture

Ok, just telling some stories now.... Once BM freaked out once because one of the little guys dressed himself and didn't put on underoos. We laid out the underpants, but little guy decided to go commando. This little guy is six, so he uses the potty by himself, we did not check to make sure he was wearing undies all day, but when we dropped him off BM found out and acted like we had committed some kind of child abuse! More recently DH bough the kids halloween tshirts from wal mart that said "zombies eat brains, don't worry, you're safe!" And BM screamed and screamed about how offensive they were and how she couldn't send them to school in those shirts and how if they wore them at school they'd be sent home! First of all, they were kids shirts for a buck a piece, for HALLOWEEN! Second of all, we only have a handful of clothes for the boys, because they live with her. We send them home in clothes, she sends them back for a weekend wearing pajamas and socks, so we have to buy clothes, outerwear and shoes every freaking time, but we have a growing pile of pj's the boys are outgrowing. She freaked out once because we brought one of the guys back in a pj shirt, even though it was an ordinary t-shirt, apparently because it had originally come with pjs it was "inappropriate".
Once BM got insanely furiously angry that DH didn't tell her that his elderly cat died. She did not want the cat, she didn't ever want to know about the cat, she never asked about the cat. But the kids came for a weekend, asked about the old cat who was missing, and we had a gentle convo about how he had been sick and was in kitty heaven now. Kids took it just fine (he wasn't a beloved cat to them, they were afraid of the old geezer, he'd hiss at them!). BM freaked out for days. Not even about how we explained death or anything, just that we hadn't TOLD HER FIRST WHEN WE PUT THE DAMN CAT DOWN.
Oh, she recently got frothing mad and called DH and then called me because she was stalking me on facebook and i had made a vaguely insulting reference to someone who was bothering me (it wasn't BM, i have a strict no BM mentions policy on my FB). She of course assumed the reference was about her, despite no names or anything remotely to do with her or the kids in the post or comments. But instead of admitting she had been cyberstalking me, she made up a story about how one of the kids told her i called her this name. Which is funny, because the only person i use this name for is absolutely not BM, and when she said it, i knew right away where she had found it! She is and always has been blocked on FB, but she apparently logged in with someone else's account to find me, despite my having my fb on friends only. I have since edited my friends list very extensively.
Oh, she got outrageously angry that DH allowed SS6 and SS8 to watch Doctor Who. We let them watch the christmas show with the flying sharks. The kids adore sharks. She has never seen Doctor Who, and has no idea how scary it is or isn't. We would never let them see certain scary episodes, but we had vetted this one. The kids were not disturbed or scared by it at all, but BM was through the roof. She has also attempted to ban us from letting the kids watch the ANIMATED BATMAN CARTOON SHOW. Extra nutso is that both kids have seen every episode already, and love batman more than they love Santa, i think.

Tell me your stories! Weirdest most irrational freakout!

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Lalena75's picture

She sounds loony I got stuck on her being mad about Dr. Who I've been watching the doctor since I was 4 or 5, both my kids were little and SO's kids love dr. Who and they are 6 and 7 Dr. Who was a BBC KIDS show originally ignore the loon!
BM here is just as loony but way more to the ignorant side we laugh and ignore her and it confuses her lol. I'd go into detail but I had surgery and I'm half out of it lol.

Kattkatt's picture

I remember watching Dr who when i was about four or five. No one ever told me it was inappropriate! Either kids today are made of glass or some folks are way too into helicopter parenting!!. Hope you get better fast!

MamaDuck's picture

Oh lord, she needs a very good therapist STAT! Lol

I french braided SD's hair one day, at pick up, BM saw SD's hair and started freaking out "WHO DID HER HAIR [SO], WHO DID IT?! TELL ME! I HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW!" turns to SD who was 3 at the time (raised angry voice) "WHO DID YOUR HAIR?! TELL ME! WHO DID IT" etc.

I was inside, I could hear BM, I felt so bad for SD Sad

There's this ride at a nature park in our town, SO had taken SD on it heaps, she LOVED it! One day he mentioned to BM that they were going to the park and on the ride, BM freaked out and said (in front of SD) "NO! She's too little for that, she's just a baby (3 at the time) that ride is too scary for her!" she turned to SD "You don't have to go on that scary ride darling, it's too scary for you, OK". Nearly a year later and SD still wont go on that ride again Sad

Kattkatt's picture

I wish you could get another person to see a therapist! God knows she needs one! That sucks that your SD was intimidated into not riding that ride again. I have seen bM basically incite the kids to panic or get upset about things before, it's really awful. Kids are sensitive to lots of things, just knowing her mom thinks it's too much for her might change her own memory of the ride! Sad!

Kattkatt's picture

Probably in some way death is the only valid reason to have such over-the-top drama. Clinging to and obsessing over deaths is a way to prolong drama and create new drama. I think these people only feel important when they a at the center of some kind of disaster!

LaLaLaaa's picture

Wow! Just imagine what it must be like to be HER and live in Her head! Haha ! What a hell of a life That would be! To get angry at the stupidest things...

Kattkatt's picture

I cannot imagine how awful it must be to be her every day. Really, and without sarcasm. She is so full of self loathing, insecurity and paranoia, it must really be hell. Unfortunately, instead of seeking help to become a better person, or even just a normal person, she thinks the solution is to try to make my DH and me as unhappy as possible. I believe she loves the kids, in her own screwed up way, but i also think the kids are not really human beings to her as much as they are props in her private drama, and tools to use against her enemies. If she loved them even half as much as she says she does she would never say the things she says in front of them, she would not make them feel terrible for having fun with their father, and she would not have to put on such a melodramatic display of martyrdom every time she has to do normal mom things. I swear every time this woman takes her own kids to the doctor we get a long sob story about how hard her life is. We keep saying, if having the kids is too hard for you WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM, ANYTIME, FOR ANY REASON. But her response is always a notty sarcastic "you'd LIKE that, WOULDN'T you!?" Uhm, yes, of course we would, because we actually love the kids, and don't believe that they are a terrible burden!