I seem to be having trouble responding to some comments.

To answer a few points, my mother is in her 90s. She is not suffering from dementia, but she doesn’t deal well with not getting her way. She throws tantrums in public. So it is easier just to go along with her wishes. One of my sisters had the police called on her for elder abuse once because my mother was throwing such a fit about how mean her daughter was to random strangers. Edit: if you’ve seen the episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Lois’s evil mother comes to visit, and they call the police on her when she refuses to leave, and she plays the pity card to the cops and almost gets Hal arrested? That’s my mother.

This trip was the first time I had seen her in 2 years. I took her to the casino with the agreement that I would wait outside, but of course she pretended to be looking for me in the casino, security called me thinking she was lost, and when I went in she insisted we go eat there rather than heading back to the vacation rental. I couldn’t exactly leave my elderly mother there and go back to the vacation rental without her.

I got home a week ago and don’t plan on calling her for a while. I am still pissed off.

How does anyone do anything with a migraine? I literally feel like Im going to die from them.

“No” is a very powerfull word.

If you are a minor and didn’t have a choice, I sincerely sympathize with your fate.

At least you’ll be able to empathise with the bowling balls.

At that point, I’d throw up publicly.

But in a tub or something. I’m not a monster.

I have chronic migraine. It can be very difficult for people to understand that not all of my migraines are severe because they have a family member/friend that has them and every time they have to be in a dark room, no noise, etc. A lot of my migraines are moderate and I can mostly function but it is miserable. I have gotten pretty good at saying not today.

“You know what would make you feel better? Clattery noises, excited people, loud carpet, bright lights, hard chairs, and fried food smells.”

You’re an adult. The blame lays in the mirror.