It's easy to cancel if you only have one child
Last Wednesday, we were supposed to go to my mom's hometown. The night before, she said she won't be able to come, so I said, "Well, if you're not going, we're not going."
Two hours before our supposed departure, my dad said, "I'll pick you up at 6:30 PM, be ready." I explained that since my mom is not gonna go, we (the fiancé and I) will not go either. My dad sternly answered, "We already made a promise to the van owners. You will go."
You might be asking, "Why can't we just go by ourselves without my mom?" Let me break it down in a single sentence - It was my mom's idea.
My fiancé was perplexed at how quickly my parents change their minds. The theory we have is that since they only have one child, scheduling was always convenient for them. I would always just go with whatever they decided on growing up. They were the adults; I could only obey.
Now that I'm a grown-up too, it's not difficult for me to push back when they're being difficult. I have things going on in my life now, and I've already set boundaries, too. If I get cancelled on the day before a trip, you won't be able to bring me to the trip 24 hours after.
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