I just got home from a high reunion event my mother put together at this bar. There were over 300 people in attendance. It was very loud and overbearing. Horrible music blaring on giant speakers. I was there to take pictures of everyone and take pre-orders for CDs of all the pictures taken. I'm surprised I lasted four hours, but I was starting to lose it. I took over 120 pictures, and my mom said she wanted more, but I was ready to implode. She said, "I know you're stressed, but so am I." I said, "yes, but this is a completely different level of stress," and she said, in her guilt tripping tone of voice, "oh, so your stress is just more important than mine." She does this ALL the time. Whenever I'm having problems, I have to think about how other people feel. I'm always the selfish one. I would have stayed a bit longer, but that set me off. I had to leave. At least I came home with $380 cash. I'm so sick of being accused of being self-centered. She just has no idea what that kind of environment does to me. It's like she won't even bother to sympathize. *sigh*
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