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My family opened presents without me? How do I stop being upset about it?
I work the grave shift this week. Before work yesterday, my mom asked me if I would open presents with them. I said yes and asked her when she thought everyone would be awake, as I might sleep a little bit before getting up again. I get home around 7:30 am after a grave shift. She said that my siblings would probably sleep in until 10, so I said I would probably come home and sleep a little then wake up to open presents. So I work my grave shift, then drive through a storm to get home. I almost got into a car accident on the way home due to the bad weather, so I was in a bad mood. When I got home, I asked my mom if I should stay awake or sleep a little and she said I should sleep since no one would get up yet. So I went to sleep around 8am and woke up around 10:30am. When I woke up, I discovered that my family had already opened their presents. I got really angry and upset about this and lost my temper with my mom. I feel bad about loosing my temper. I was really upset however. I actually cried about not getting to see everyone open their presents which is kind of over reacting since I'm 26 and should be too old to get so upset. And I usually don't lose my temper or get upset very easily. Anyway, I went back to sleep then woke up again at 4pm to eat x-mas dinner then sleep some more for my grave shift tonight. My parents are mad at me for getting angry and upset. My mom says she thought I wouldn't wake up until 5pm and told everyone to open the presents. She probably thought she was being nice by letting me sleep. How do I get over being upset?
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
That would hurt my feelings a lot, too. Christmas only comes once a year and most of us look forward to opening gifts with family. It made you feel left out and forgotten when they opened them without you. I have a mom that does things like this, not because she has forgotten me, but because she wants some other outcome for me. Maybe your mom was worried you wouldn't get enough sleep and was afraid for your safety since working nights is hard on the body in the first place, and driving at night is very dangerous when sleepy. However, I see your point, too. If wouldn't have taken long to open the gifts together and you could have gone back to bed when it was over, no big deal, right? Maybe your mom didn't think it through all the way and now she's mad at herself for hurting you, and you could be interpreting her anger as caused by you when it's her being mad at herself. Just talk to her, see where her head is at. Then, find a good movie or show you like to watch, or play a game that you like, and try to distract yourself from your feelings for a while until they subside. I hope you feel better.
Source(s): BS Psychology - 8 years ago
Best and the hardest thing in this world is to forgive others. If you do so, u have nothing going through your mind and you feel fresh about it and thus u think less and you age less...and this results in you looking more beautiful and though you forgive everyone you have no enemies to deal with or no hatred in your head and you feel happy for everything that happens to you. Sounds simple but implementation is real tough..huh??
