At some point I learned to set boundaries with my mom and IT help. I know I’m good at it, hell I worked geek squad for years, but she got demanding. Started calling me out of the blue demanding help even if I was in the middle of something.
“My printer doesn’t work”. “Okay, well I’m out right now… I’m not even home”. “BUT I NEED TO PRINT SOMETHING FOR TOMORROW” “Okay, well if it’s that urgent the library has printers, or the FedEx office can do it. I can help you in a couple of days on my day off”
Me helping is a gift, it’s something I give to you, it’s not something I am required to do or an obligation. Since a couple of confrontations like that it’s gotten much more manageable
At some point I learned to set boundaries with my mom and IT help. I know I’m good at it, hell I worked geek squad for years, but she got demanding. Started calling me out of the blue demanding help even if I was in the middle of something.
“My printer doesn’t work”. “Okay, well I’m out right now… I’m not even home”. “BUT I NEED TO PRINT SOMETHING FOR TOMORROW” “Okay, well if it’s that urgent the library has printers, or the FedEx office can do it. I can help you in a couple of days on my day off”
Me helping is a gift, it’s something I give to you, it’s not something I am required to do or an obligation. Since a couple of confrontations like that it’s gotten much more manageable
My parents are not like that at all. They are nice and friendly about it.
This story was about how complicated it sometimes get while you thought it would be a 30 second thing and you give up after an hour.
It has been a running gag with friends when I had to help my mom save a file on a disc, it took over half an hour, and it still failed.