IIRC it’s a reference back to the first time this happened. Poppy hung up on Abeille’s mom after a very brief “she’s taking me for dessert byeeeee” so Abeille could have some peace.
I’m kind of surprised she hasn’t tried to openly discourage Abeille from interacting with her friends, beyond incessant calls and meetings. Or perhaps we just haven’t seen her do it.
Ahh, so familiar. I had a conversation like this with my mom in college.
“I’ve been trying to call you. Why aren’t you calling back?”
“I’ve been in back-to-back classes since 9AM.”
“Well, you could call between classes.”
“….Back-to-back. It takes 15 minutes to walk across campus to my next class. I have to run to make it in time.”
“You should schedule your classes to be close to one another.”
“Oh yes, let me tell the head of the English department to hold his lectures in the science building so I don’t have to walk to class. So what’s the emergency?”
“Your dad has gout.”
“……………And?”
“I just wanted to tell you.”
“…..Gee, thanks for letting me know. I now have 10 minutes to eat dinner and then it’s back to my over-priced education. I hope dad feels better.”
“You should watch out for gout, too.”
“Yeah, I’m good. Bye mom.”
“You always had the most messed-up, ugly feet…”
“GOODBYE MOM!”
Oh, LORD, yes… I had similar phone conversations with my mom too. She would literally call me at 8 am on Saturdays (6 am her time) – waking me up in the process, then ask me why the hell she was always the one calling me, and would it kill me to call her on Saturdays for a change. How can I call her when she calls me first? Also, how could I call her during the week when she was calling me pretty much every hour from 5 pm on?! Once I even told her I had a cold, and she told me to take a nap. I followed her advice, and got rocketed out of bed by my phone ringing about 15 minutes later. It was one of those shocked-out-of-sleep moments where your brain tells your body to get out of bed NOW before your body is awake enough to hold your weight, so I literally got out of bed and fell on the ground, hitting my knee and my elbow in the process. Finally got the phone.. and it was mom calling to make sure I was taking a nap like she’d told me to do. >..<
This is when you call your mother at midnight or 1 a.m. and then you act like you don’t get it when she is upset. “Mom, you told me to call you, so I’m calling you. Geez, I listen to you and you get mad at me, I just don’t understand.”
Several passive aggressive phone calls like this SHOULD make your point, but if it doesn’t, the next time she calls at 8 am you just tell her, “For every phone call I get at 8 am on a saturday morning, you will be getting a 1 am phone call on a wednesday. Stop it.”
You know I feel bad for Abeille’s father in this sense because more often then not in these situations, the other parent almost always has to side with the other parent to help keep the peace. My own father has tried talking sense into my helicopter mom, but even he has told my brothers and I to ‘just listen to what she says’, even when it doesn’t make sense. Granted my mom has led up at least over the years.
It seems to me like Abeille has been doing very well deflecting Amaryllis’ behavior since being in the foster program and reconnecting with Poppy and that she is doing that without being much affected by her mom’s behavior.
That is rough, having your friend’s mother be mean to you, in front of your friend. It’s like Abeille has a bratty kid for a mother.
It comes off to me as a dig at Abeille, for not properly introducing them to each other.
IIRC it’s a reference back to the first time this happened. Poppy hung up on Abeille’s mom after a very brief “she’s taking me for dessert byeeeee” so Abeille could have some peace.
Oh. Yes. Hello, “Abeille’s mother.” I’m sorry your daughter is responsible and doesn’t play on her phone all day while at work. Wait, no I’m not.
*Of course* Amaryllis doesn’t approve.
I’m kind of surprised she hasn’t tried to openly discourage Abeille from interacting with her friends, beyond incessant calls and meetings. Or perhaps we just haven’t seen her do it.
Ahh, so familiar. I had a conversation like this with my mom in college.
“I’ve been trying to call you. Why aren’t you calling back?”
“I’ve been in back-to-back classes since 9AM.”
“Well, you could call between classes.”
“….Back-to-back. It takes 15 minutes to walk across campus to my next class. I have to run to make it in time.”
“You should schedule your classes to be close to one another.”
“Oh yes, let me tell the head of the English department to hold his lectures in the science building so I don’t have to walk to class. So what’s the emergency?”
“Your dad has gout.”
“……………And?”
“I just wanted to tell you.”
“…..Gee, thanks for letting me know. I now have 10 minutes to eat dinner and then it’s back to my over-priced education. I hope dad feels better.”
“You should watch out for gout, too.”
“Yeah, I’m good. Bye mom.”
“You always had the most messed-up, ugly feet…”
“GOODBYE MOM!”
Oh, LORD, yes… I had similar phone conversations with my mom too. She would literally call me at 8 am on Saturdays (6 am her time) – waking me up in the process, then ask me why the hell she was always the one calling me, and would it kill me to call her on Saturdays for a change. How can I call her when she calls me first? Also, how could I call her during the week when she was calling me pretty much every hour from 5 pm on?! Once I even told her I had a cold, and she told me to take a nap. I followed her advice, and got rocketed out of bed by my phone ringing about 15 minutes later. It was one of those shocked-out-of-sleep moments where your brain tells your body to get out of bed NOW before your body is awake enough to hold your weight, so I literally got out of bed and fell on the ground, hitting my knee and my elbow in the process. Finally got the phone.. and it was mom calling to make sure I was taking a nap like she’d told me to do. >..<
This is when you call your mother at midnight or 1 a.m. and then you act like you don’t get it when she is upset. “Mom, you told me to call you, so I’m calling you. Geez, I listen to you and you get mad at me, I just don’t understand.”
Several passive aggressive phone calls like this SHOULD make your point, but if it doesn’t, the next time she calls at 8 am you just tell her, “For every phone call I get at 8 am on a saturday morning, you will be getting a 1 am phone call on a wednesday. Stop it.”
I hate her mother so much.
You know I feel bad for Abeille’s father in this sense because more often then not in these situations, the other parent almost always has to side with the other parent to help keep the peace. My own father has tried talking sense into my helicopter mom, but even he has told my brothers and I to ‘just listen to what she says’, even when it doesn’t make sense. Granted my mom has led up at least over the years.
Hey Mom I have a witness here so don’t be so mean you’ll look bad in front of a stranger!
Woudn’t want all my friends to form a consensus that I should cut you off, after the holiday party.
Some people are too toxic to have in your life, even if they’re family.
And the family is the hardest to cut out of your life.
It seems to me like Abeille has been doing very well deflecting Amaryllis’ behavior since being in the foster program and reconnecting with Poppy and that she is doing that without being much affected by her mom’s behavior.