The dangers of mixing mothers with livejournal.

[baratron]

While I was editing that last post, my mother came up behind me asking a question. I was busy thinking, so didn't answer it straight away. She went on talking at me, and my input buffer started to overflow. So to get my attention, she grabbed my hair, which is a bit wet, and said "I'm talking to you curly wurly", or something like that. *shudder*. I hate having my hair touched unexpectedly. I don't much like it at the best of times. So I just YELLED at her. And poor Alexa must think now that i'm evil violent h-l or something.

I can't really describe this. Surely she could see I was thinking? I mean, she's my mother, she knows how I work. She's had long enough to work it out, anyway. Now my stomach's all upset so I'm farting all over the room and gassing Alexa, and my mother's in a sulk. Hmmm.

Comments

[redbird]

If I were Alexa, I'd think your mother was evil h-l-mom: grabbing someone's hair because she doesn't answer your interruption, and saying "I'm talking to you" are not how decent people treat adults. And that's before the "curly-wurly" bit.

As far as I'm concerned, not hitting back counts as virtue: yelling at her is a mild response.

Can you tell I don't think kindly of people who grab or pull my hair to get my attention?

[lizw.livejournal.com]

What redbird said. Touching someone (with the possible exception of a partner, and then only if they know you're there and aren't likely to freak) to get their attention is only excusable if there is too much noise in the room, or their hearing is not sufficient, to make yourself heard and you can't easily get in front of them to wave at them. Grabbing them might be excusable in an emergency. Grabbing their hair to get attention... I can't think of a situation where that would be acceptable from an adult.

Discoveries.

[hiddenpaw.livejournal.com]

Strange you should menstion this Over the last few days for the first time in a very long time I've had a with whom I'm very much in love in the house with me. What I discovered is that when I am concentrating on doing things on the computer I'm not particualy in the mood to be in phisical contact with anyone. Which feels strange because I don't like to puch her a way. We get enough time together as it is but It's like I need to be uninterupted by physical distractions. and I feel really bad about it. is this wrong? Have I got to used to not having anyone else in the house? should I learn to over come this.
I'm confused.