My Mom

[decemberrain]

My Mom and Dad got married after my Dad graduated basic training for the Army. Well for some reason she likes to give H a hard time about being Air Force. I know she is joking but it really bothers me. I tell her it bothers me and she doesn't care. I mean my Grandpa and Uncle were Navy and my Dad and Brother were/are Army so they all pick on each other all the time. My mom calls the AF lawn chair boys and the chAir Force. She is always saying how proud she is of my brother but nothing is said for H (and my family is really close to H). She says the AF is lazy and they don't do anything their P.T is a joke and blah blah. I just want to ask how she knows all about it did she serve in the AF?? NO!? Oh okay you must have been Army. No? Navy? NO? Marine??? NOPE! Oh alright then get down off your branch bashing high horse and support the Post Office the only government "branch" you ever served in.
Is it silly that this bothers me so much?

[livinitup]

Yes, very. Especially when you highlighted quite clearly that she has no idea what she's talking about.

[decemberrain]

Alright so I'll try and just ignore it. I just feel like she's belittling H but, I had a feeling I was being pretty unreasonable.

[beans]

I mean, if you told her it bothers you and she still doesn't care to stop, the only thing you can control in this situation is how you react to her. I would try and stop letting it bother you.

Haters gonna hate and all that...

[tlkdhk]

Uh, that's a little weird. I know the different branches pick on each other but to have civilians think they can constantly join in on the rivalry is odd. That would bother me. Would she call any other career lazy???

[livinitup]

Sept 11, 2012 9:12:56 GMT -5 decemberrain said:

Alright so I'll try and just ignore it. I just feel like she's belittling H but, I had a feeling I was being pretty unreasonable.

Oh, she's definitely belittling your H. She's not actually assessing and talking about a branch of the military. She's using these broad generalizations and recycled digs to say that your H is 1- a part of a lazy organization, and 2- is therefore lazy, too.

Oh, and it's "funny" so you're not allowed get offended about it.

Yes, ignore it bc these are not actual facts about the AF or your H. But also toughen yourself against your mother's passive aggressive nature. She's being a jerk.

[basilosaurus]

Mom, quit being a jerk if you want to have a continued relationship with me.

And follow through.

But I still snicker at chair force. H introduced me to that term and a webpage dedicated to it, and it was funny. But, of course, such things are funny if they're self-deprecating, not jibes from someone on the outside.