Ever since 2 summers ago my mom has been obsessed w/ wanting to go to Maine. When we went that 1st summer, she said we were going to buy a house. Turns out we didn't buy anything there and the whole trip was boring. Since then her obsession has worsened. Every day she looks up pics online of houses for sale in Maine, calls up realtors there, buys any items she can find that have lobsters/lighthouses on them ("Maine symbols"), listens to songs that remind her of Maine and always talks about wanting to go back. Last summer was a disaster. My dad tried to explain to her we couldn't go to Maine (because of his job) and she ranted about how badly she wants to go. Then she spent thousands of dollars on a trailer so that she could put our animals there while we'd drive up to Maine. Which caused more arguments (my dad said it was stupid to buy a trailer just for a trip, and that we shouldn't bring the animals along anyway). To top it off she broke the trailer the first time she tried to use it. In the end we couldn't go that summer, so instead she made me miss a week of school in Oct. just so that we could drive to Maine and look at houses. And once again come home w/o buying any.
Now this summer has been one of the worst. Once again my dad can't go to Maine because of his job. Now she is trying to guilt trip everyone. It's so stupid. We don't even have family there but she's obsessed with going anyway. She says she likes the surroundings better than where we currently live... FL. She's constantly arguing with my dad, blaming her problems on everyone, and just making us feel bad. NO ONE but her wants to go to Maine. My dad has a job, and I personally don't want to go. All we do there is wander around these small towns, look at houses and never end up buying any in the end. Even if I knew about some interesting places in Maine, we wouldn't be able to go to them anyway since she's in control of the trip. And if we ever DID move there I would hate it since all my friends live in FL and I have been living here my entire life. Plus if we go this summer I'm going to have to miss my 1st week of school just so that we can go on her trip. She goes through weird phases. First she feels happy about Maine (buying items that remind her of Maine, looking at Maine houses on the net, etc.), then she feels depressed thinking that she can't go, and then she gets angry and screams at everyone.
Then she told me that her dream is to go to Maine and marry a new husband there and raise a new family with him. I couldn't believe it. She says these things in front of my dad and I like we don't have any feelings. I have to put up with her depression and her fantasies about moving. Worst of all I hate it when she's mad and has to start screaming and ruining everyone's day. Any advice/thoughts about this? Thanks.
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