haist... sometimes my mother is so annoying

@missjahn (4574)
Philippines
March 9, 2013 9:57am CST
gosh, it is twelve midnight in here. and kindly know what is my mother doing at this very hour. she is having a laundry! what?! yes, washing clothes manually as she washed the soapy clothes in the faucet. grrrrrrr... all of us tried to stop her but she kept on doing the chore. my sister told her that she will do it in the morning, but she still doing it anyways. sometimes, it is not only us the children who are hardheaded but also the parents. we are just concern with her health. she's the type of person who cannot stay in a place in a matter of minute. everyday she does the working all over the house. no one is asking her to do it but i guess, she's not used with sitting and just relaxing doing nothing. we do not want her to do it because my mother is in her mid - 60's. she's just a hyper woman, no wonder i have niece who cannot just sit and not moving around and to get sweat minute by minute. very hardheaded indeed.
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@blackrusty (3519)
• Mexico
9 Mar 13
a lot of people her age will do this I even do it my self and i am going on 50 we feel like if we slow down now we will become frail and ill then at some point die some of us like me have always been full of energy and have it through are whole life
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@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
she must slow down now, and that is a must. one time she told us that when she will do nothing, she will get weakened and tired as well. i do not know if sitting would do harm to her because of what she had said. i understand that doing or moving ones body is seems like an exercise. but not the extent that she's moving like a carabao towing the field. because shes already like that. i understand her also that sometimes she must work not to get bored but not to the extent that shes abusing her energy. haist such a hardheaded woman. i hate to call her oldie really grrrrrrr
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
buy hey, thanks out there. take care you also :)
• Mexico
9 Mar 13
well I hope things get a little better for her and that things will be ok
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
9 Mar 13
My mother and father are just like the same. They do noisy stuff when we are sleeping, like at midnight or at like 3 or 4 o clock... sometimes out of tidy freakness, but sometimes just because they don't even think about us (my brother and me) and that they should do their stuff when we are not sleeping... like fighting or my dad using his noisy electric razor...
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@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
i do not know why old people love to wake up so early in the morning and sleep so late. i guess, i have my own explanation about that. have you experienced when you have all the time in the world, you do not like to sleep but if you do not have the time to sleep, you will like to take a nap. i guess that kind of mentality is working into my mother's mind. gee, can't she just stop and sleep now for shes washing the dishes now. haist. i will not wonder if she would complain her back aching or muscles. haist
@hestylim (1210)
• Indonesia
9 Mar 13
I know that type of person. My late grandma was one of it. She still worked, even when she was 80 to 90.. She couldn't just sit idly and she would not listen to anyone who asked her to stop. Sometimes, it annoyed us. She would wash dish, even when we told her that we would do it. She would hush us away and do it herself. I think they just want to feel that they contribute in the house. :)
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@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
yes, i agree with you that they want to feel that they are still able or would like to know their value for anything. but i would like to say that, my mother is really like that even in her childhood days. she was a working student before she became a teacher. she managed to do the chores at her auntie while reading, memorizing, studying her homeworks, assignments or anything the school or teacher required the students to do so. and what is funny, even she's on her way to the office, when there is no public vehicle for her to ride, while waiting, she will really sweep the falling leaves in the surroundings and will stop quickly when there is a jeep coming already. gee, may God be with her. thanks for sharing :)
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
I know your just concerned about your mother's health but only she herself knows when to stop I guess. Most mothers I think are not satisfied by just sitting because they thought that they will only e prone to sickness if they did nothing. At that age I think she can still handle it. But to think that she can do the washing at daytime, I guess it's too much.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
yes i am concern with my mother's health. but i guess, even she knew that it is not so late at night and not good for her to work during that time for it may cause her bad health or whatsoever - but she kept on doing it even how we tried to let her stop working. you know what, even she's having a fever, she still working. she said that she will not mind her sickness because if she do, her sickness will make her more tired and ill. oh gosh! God bless her
• Philippines
12 Mar 13
I think, she is pushing herself too hard, still trying to be busy even she felt sick. Your right talking to her, but the problem with mothers too is, most of the time they don't listen to their children. The thought that, they don't want to be a burden to their children especially if they are living with us. I just hope she listens to you this time.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
12 Mar 13
yes, she is. her reason is she will get more sick if she will just stay and does nothing. she really like to roam around and do anything she can do. planting plants, washing plates and laundries, sweep the ground and the floor, cooking, what else. oh yeah, she will just stopped when it is her favorite television dramas are shown. and that is my mother.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
9 Mar 13
Well, no doubt you have an active mother. Classic person that she can not possibly sit still and do nothing. However, even my mother takes care of many chores, mostly domestic ones. (I emphasize that my mother, years, has 64) But at midnight my mother does not do any work! At best, watching TV or reading the newspaper. Such work will take place during the day. How did you find annoying behavior of your mother? Maybe because her while working at midnight disturbs your sleep?
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@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
no, i was not being disturbed by any of her works. in fact, i let my sister put her some liniment, at least her muscles will be relaxed while sleeping. i am annoyed because all of us wanted her to stop what she was doing because you know doing things excessively would drain you energy and i am scared the most about her health. so that is why.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
9 Mar 13
I know how you feel.. my ex used to do things like that at all hours of the night. have a great day there.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
thanks to you and likewise. i would receive that good wishes to be applied tomorrow because it is twelve midnight in here now. ah well, this time is being considered as an early time of the new day. hmmm.. just wanna say, thanks and God bless.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
i really cannot see the essence of waking too early at dawn when you can do things early in the morning. :)
• Mexico
9 Mar 13
yes mine, used to do things at 3 am drove me crazy..
@obe212003 (2299)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
My mom is 75 and she is doing house chores faster than my wife, lol! She always has a good sweat by doing so day in and day out, and says it feels good, meaning healthier. So out of respect, i just let her do what she enjoys most and probably making her healthier instead of just sitting around which makes her kind of lazy and weak.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
haha... my mother does too compared to us, her children. we are too lazy for anything haha! my mother is really a hard worker person. she just can't stop doing from anything. i do not know why she is like that. it does not happened just now, but she is really like that even in her younger years :)
• South Korea
9 Mar 13
I feel you there my mom is like that, she always want everything to be organize and she couldn't just ignore something that has to be done. Maybe if you are really worried make sure you do it first before she see it just kidding... I guess the only thing you guys can do about that is to remind her, that if she will continue doing that it wouldn't be healthy not only for her but for you guys too because you couldn't sleep.
• South Korea
11 Mar 13
I guess she is used to that kind of routine.. And it is not easy to change.. Hmm if only our parents will stay younger.. I feel you there I suddenly miss my mom^^
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
yes, indeed! she told us that during her high school and college years, she used to wake up so early in the morning to do the household chores to a relative family where she worked while studying. everyday of her life was like that. that is why when she has a family, she took care of the household routines, taking care of us and working at the same time. still the same when she retired from her work and just stay at home. i want her to travel, she will in time, i know so that she can relax a little bit. ;) thanks
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
it is okay when she make noises. we can handle that and we are not particular with the noises if we are sleeping. what we are being worried about is that when what she did will make her ill. you know, age of this kind is easily get sick when not taking cared well off. yes, we are always here to remind her. we are not letting her work so hard in all of the days but she still kept it doing on and on. she cannot stand in a day just sitting and watching tv. well, she does when the soap opera she likes the most being aired already on tv. that will stopped here from doing anything because she will concentrate watching it haha... so thanks for joining here ;)
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
13 Mar 13
When you grow old, you'll know how it is. I think that no matter how old a mother gets, when she knows that there are things that needs to be done, she will do it right away.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
13 Mar 13
yeah you are right jen, but my is like this even she was younger than her age as of now. she cannot just sit down and doing nothing. it is her hobby to roam around and to work and work in a day.
@airkulet (2700)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
maybe that's her therapy, if it can make it happy then let it be, oldies are tend to get irritated when their children try to stop them. My mom is 63 years old already and even if we ask her to stop dating and seeing his boyfriend who had his own family its just we can't make her stop, maybe she'll stop when she don't receive pension or in bed ridden situation. Anyway, I am so envy with what you mother does trying to help you all out at home I even can't ask mom some help to look out for my son.
@madu52 (78)
• Thailand
10 Mar 13
you right but not completely. perhaps we feel parents are annoying for our life.but they have more experience .are you remember your childhood?and also no we become a young life.and our need are change.
@missjahn (4574)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
sometimes dear our love ones or any other people need advises. when they do, it does not mean that they do not know what they are doing. sometimes, they kept on doing things even they know what are the consequences may happened in the end. it is just that, being stubborn could be entailed to their personality or the things that we can describe them. maybe my mother kept on doing it, because she do not want to have a laundry in the morrow. and that she wants to finish the chores because by tomorrow another chores is awaiting her to be done. but that is not right. but she is more than okay. i hope that she will not do it again. thanks :)