Grrr. I'm on strike.

[estepheia]

Decided to boycott the family. I threatened before to withdraw my mom services and never did. Until now. They can kiss my ass. And cook for themselves this month. Why? I don't like the complaints and arguing, and I don't want to spend the time on something I no longer enjoy. I don't want to bend my schedule to their stomachs. No one ever cooks me nice things. No one makes an effort. And I'm sick of it.
Have to teach in 90 minutes. Hope my temper improves till then.
Word count: 4346. About 1000 words short. I'm still woefully behind schedule, but since I'm aiming to catch up later to something like 5.200 words, there's still hope.
Tomorrow I have to take the kids to another chess tournament. Sunday I have dance practice. I have to generally reschedule, I think, make sure I have at least one day per week all to myself.

Comments

[shapinglight]

Definitely. It's no good you running yourself into the ground.

I was never much of a cook, but being a mother was the end for me. The endless monotony and complaints...

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Good for you! They never miss the water till the well's run dry...:)

[malkingrey.livejournal.com]

I don't like the complaints and arguing, and I don't want to spend the time on something I no longer enjoy. I don't want to bend my schedule to their stomachs. No one ever cooks me nice things. No one makes an effort. And I'm sick of it.

Oh, lord. Been there, done that. Absolutely nothing takes the fun out of cooking like having to do it for the family on a daily basis.

[rahirah]

Go you! (When we were young, one way Mom forestalled whining was to make each of us responsible for planning and cooking at least one dinner a week as part of our regular chores.)

[marcee12.livejournal.com]

Come to Florida again. I'll cook for you. :)

[mahaliem.livejournal.com]

I almost never cook anymore because everyone has become so darn picky.

[rayne-y-daze.livejournal.com]

I think a you day is a splendid idea! And, if you're ever in Cali, I'll whip up something special :-)

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

Good for you. Tell them that if they're so hungry, they can cook -- and no, going out isn't an option.

[oolongtea.livejournal.com]

Brava! Let them eat peanut butter and jelly for a month.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Blimey! How things change!
When I were a kid, I wouldn't have dared complain about what I was given to eat. I was hungry all the time and ate whatever was on my plate.

[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

What is it with the complaining? Obviously it has something to do with the fact that I put up with it at all, but still, there's just SO much of it. Two weeks ago the family was going out for dinner and my daughter started complaining about the restaurant we were going to, so we turned around and went home. I stayed home with her, gave her a hot dog and read LJ unmolested, and my spouse and son went to a different restaurant that she probably have liked better than the original choice. I was sad to miss going out to dinner, but it was well worth it.

[nmissi.livejournal.com]

I support you fully in your strike. Let em learn to eat mac n cheese. Or poptarts. Til they appreciate the job you do. And make no mistake, it's a job. Full time, no benefits, no off days.

Hugs, honey.

[aayesha-r.livejournal.com]

I fully support your decision to reschedule so you have at least one day to yourself. On that day, make your husband feed you and the kids, make them do their homework, take their baths, and get them ready for bed. It was very for me to resist telling my husband he wasn't doing it right and getting up to interfere in the beginning, but now things go more smoothly.

As to meals, you're right to go on strike. You are being abused. You are not running a restaurant that serves whatever people order whenever they want to eat. What I had to do was pick a mealtime and try to stick to it and schedule around it. I posted the week's menu in advance on the refrigerator so that they know what to expect, and told them if they didn't like what's being served, they could eat cold cereal. Each person gets to have a favorite reasonably priced and not too difficult to cook meal twice a month to keep them happy, but I get to pick the days I serve them. And periodically I just declare we are going out, or ordering in.

Enjoy your rebellion, and don't give in too soon.