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Heba asked in Family & RelationshipsFamily · 6 years ago

My mom barely appreciates anything I do?

This has been really bugging me. Let me give you an example.

I did the dishes without even being told. Mom: "Why are the cups so far apart? You know, I should've just done them myself."

I do the dishes another time without being told. Mom: "Why did you put the bowls on the top? If I had just done them myself I would've been better off."

I always tell her stuff like: "If I don't do the dishes, you complain, and if I do the dishes, you complain. What do you want???" Sometimes I tell her that I don't wanna do the dishes anymore since it's not making a difference whether I do them or not, because she's gonna complain and yell either way. She replies: "You purposely screw up the dishes just so that you don't have to do them anymore."

I basically do chores that she doesn't even tell me to do just to be nice and male things easier on her, and instead of a thank you she just starts complaining. That way, she gets her chores done and at the same time wants to make me feel as if I did nothing.

Once she was talking to my aunt on the phone: "She can never do the dishes right. She always puts them in the dishwasher and they're so dirty." I told her to take a picture of the dishes and send them to my aunt and to let my aunt decide if they're dirty or not. Mom: "Well for some reason they're clean today." Yeah, even though the dishes are perfectly clean, she just has to make it look like I did nothing.

I'm about to just stop doing the dishes, either way she's going to complain. Advice?

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  • 6 years ago

    My whole family is like that. Some days my family is super happy. But some days, they are a pain.

    My brother , is 10 and believe me, he is a jerk. He thinks he is the TOTAL boss of me. He messes up my room and i have to clean it for him.

    My mom, sometimes doesnt appreciate what i do. I clean the bathrooms, sweep the floor, and i wash the dishes and feed the dogs. She still wants me to do more chores and my brother does nothing.

    My dad doesnt know english well. He doesnt understand some things and he is always grumpy.

    I know exactly how you feel.

    I would say, talk to your mom. Ask her "why do you always dislike it when i wash the dishes?" Tell her that you try hard to be responsible. In my opinion, you seem very responsible.

    I would say to ask her "show me the right way to wash the dishes" so you will know how she likes it.

    Hopefully things will go well! I know how annoying and stressful it can get. Good luck!

    Source(s): Personal Experience
  • 6 years ago

    wonder if she dont have ocd, i would let her do the dishes if all shes going to do is complain anyways

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