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People who make conversations with agendas on the mind
Like, a lot of irritating political activists. You know what I'm talking about.
And my mom.
I was telling my mom about a conference I just "attended" over the web. (Technically, it was two speeches, starting at 1 PM EDT.) The conversation went like this.
me: "I just attended this conference."
mom: "Did you start when the conference started, or did you start attending after they'd already started?"
me: *puzzled at question* "Uh, I started when they started. It was just two speeches."
mom: "Because when I called you at 11, you seemed busy, so I figured you were attending then. Did you get up in time for it?"
me: "It started at 1, actually."
mom: "Well, good for you it started at 1. But what if it started at like 8 or 9 AM? You need to learn to wake up earlier!"
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...I don't get it. Was your mother's agenda to make you get up earlier...?
Yes.
Don't you think calling it an agenda might be a bit...over the top?
No, because she shoehorned it into the conversation, and she's shoehorned this into previous conversations as well.
Keep in mind that she wasn't using a neutral tone in the above conversation. Her tone was pretty harsh.
Damn, that describes half the threads I make on here.
My dad tends to do this, except that he does it by just ignoring whatever I have to say and instead starting a conversation on whatever he wants to talk about.
Most of the conversations have an agenda, don't they?
GMH - This thread needs re-naming "Mum, please stop busting my balls about stuff constantly."
And, to contribute - I still get this kind of stuff from my parents, especially my Dad. His latest agenda is that I need to sign up with a dentist (he's right). They have more or less said - "Oh, we worry about you more than your brother and sister because they're married/in a relationship."
So, basically, (in my parents' world) men get this until they are married and go into the care of an Approved Woman, since everyone knows that men are basically incapable of looking after themselves without one, even if they haven't lived at home for nearly 15 years.