My mom is slightly paranoid at times. Of course, I suppose all moms are. Just yesterday we were in Philadelphia and we were trying to get into a parking garage. We were worried that we wouldn't fit (Go figure. Being a slightly average sized tank it's hard to fit in anywhere.) Then, suddenly, some nice guy came up and said, "I think you've got about a foot left." Mom was opening her door to look at the roof and when she saw the guy she let out a blood-curdling scream. "AAAAAAHHHH!!! You scared me to death!" I really felt for the guy. He must have thought he was really scary-looking.
Along those lines, sometimes I go to bed after mom has gone to sleep. Now, Mom doesn't like me going to bed without telling her goodnight. So I walk into the bedroom and try to wake her up. I try to be quiet. That doesn't work. Ever. She does not wake up to the sound of any voice. Here's my dilemma. If I tap her on the shoulder or something, she nearly has a heart attack. If I raise my voice, however, she nearly jumps out of the bed to grab a fire extinguisher. So what do I do? One poison or the other. So, I tap her on the shoulder. She gasps and wakes up, wide-eyed. "Oh, Cory, you scared me. Don't scare me like that!" *sigh*
Mom also seems to inflict fear on everyone else when we are in the car. Sometimes, as happens to everyone, somebody stops right in front of you. Now, panicking doesn't help anything. That's exactly what Mom does. "Oh, you're going to HIT HIM! BRAKE!" She then gasps loudly and grabs the armrests of the car tightly. After the crisis is averted, and everyone hearts are still pounding, she straightens up and immediately changes the subject. "Oh, look. What a pretty bird."She then proceeds to throw everyone into a panic by gasping again, "GASP!!! Look at that dogwood tree!" Dad of course slams on the brakes as soon as he hears the gasp, but then gets mad when he hears what she gasped about.
Maybe all moms are this way. Does every mom gasp when someone drops an empty paper bag on the way to the trash can?
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I can completely sympathize with you. EVERY TIME I try to wake my mom up, it doesn't matter how gentle or quiet I am, she jerks awake like I stabbed her or something! Other times, she'll be cooking or something, and I come up and hug her. Now I guess she just can't hear me walking up behind her, but she practically brains me with a ladle each and every time. It's a wonder I don't have damage to my skull by now.
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