My mother, the queen of negativity

Mom: So things are. . .good?

Me: Yes, very good.  I just saw my friend.  Did Dad tell you last week we chatted for five hours?

Mom: Why did you talk so long?

Me: Because we get along well.

Mom: . . .

Me: And I went to that writing club thing on Sunday.  It was a lot of fun.

Mom: How many people were there?

Me: About seven or eight.

Mom: That’s it?  I thought it would be more like twenty.

Me: Well, it wasn’t.  But it was still fun.

Mom: Oh sure.

. . .

Me: And I picked up a small writing gig.  It’s just $15 an article, but at least I’ll have some publications.

Mom: Just $15? That’s so little.

Me: Well it’s better than zero!

Leave it to my mother to turn every single thing I said into something negative.  *Sigh.*

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2 comments

  1. Sitcomgirl
    Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    My mom had the same reaction to my possible job last week “that’s so little”. Mothers! Do they know like a gazillion people are unemployed and they should be glad their daughters are working???
    yeay for a new friend!

  2. zydeco fish
    Monday, November 16, 2009 at 6:55 am

    That’s what mothers are for :-)