Have you ever noticed that arguing with your mother is basically pointless?

I’m not talking about big things here, just the everyday.

That money you’re sure you owe them, but they refuse to acknowledge they lent you.

The no gifts policy at birthdays and holidays that they implemented but somehow doesn’t apply to them.

The necessity of keeping “mementos” of events or things you barely recall having happened or existing.

You know, the general stubbornness that seems to grow ever more intense the older they get.

Which only causes your own stubbornness and annoyance to grow at a commensurate rate.

Yup, that’s Mothers.

Sure you love them, but sometimes that hermit life seems pretty tempting. Especially when they are unyielding in their denial of the existence that $28 you owe them, while handing you $50 on your birthday along with a newspaper clipping of you at some random childhood experience you don’t remember.