True story…
There were a couple of times when I came so close to signing a lease and moving out, and perhaps issue a restraining order on my mother for always dealing her emotional blows on me, but somehow, my mom has always managed to sweet talk me into forcing the leash back over my head and come back to side with my tail between my legs.
The last time I tried to move out was in 2018, shortly after I got my current job and bought my current car, she didn’t let me drive my car, citing that the car will last longer if I don’t drive. That’s a load of BS if you ask me, because I changed oil in February and after not driving for 3 weeks because I was on my trip, I lost 10% on the oil life the moment I started driving again, what does that tell you?
Anyway, we got into this massive argument because I didn’t want to spend my life stuck taking public transportation when I have a car and next thing I knew, I was looking for apartments 30 miles away in the heart of Salt Lake City.
On a Friday after work, I secretly went to view the studio apartment, I loved it, it was cozy, it had an elevator, entertainment room, and underground parking, and it was 10 minutes to work. Part of me was worried about the rent and how it was more than what I was paying in mortgage on my current house, but I felt like if I wanted to be independent, I would find a way to work it out, unfortunately, when I called and called the apartment’s leasing agent, no one answered nor did anyone called me back, so I just somehow gave up.
Written for Six Sentence Story. The prompt is “Lease”.
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It’s a shame you can’t get your Mom to move out of your house.
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What a shame.
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Nice phrase: “sweet talk me into forcing the leash back over my head”
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Thanks.
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Perhaps, you will make a better decision next time
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I think I just need to be more firm on my decisions.
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Yes, that’s true. Your mom has her siblings living next to her so you also can live independently.
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That was the plan when she made me get my current house but she moved in anyway.
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😞
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I think you’d be incredibly happier if you lived on your own. Hope that you’ll make it happen.
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I think I would be, too.
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Children are to honor their parents, that doesn’t require them to obey for life. Once you are an adult, the obey part is over. I hope there’s a way to honor her as your mother without feeling you have to obey and live with her.
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Well, my mom wants everyone to obey her. She treats her siblings in similar manner and so all of them end up coming to me for help rather than her. She’s not a very nice person to live with.
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