Moms think they're so slick

Moms think they're so slick. Well my mom does at least. So I was talking on the phone with my mom and she asked me what I was doing. I told her cleaning my room. She immediately says, “Oh, that room!”  You see when I was younger we would get into it about my room. Well, not really get into it (my parents weren’t having that) she would constantly fuss about it being dirty and every now and then she would “clean it” by throwing everything away.

Anyhow, so she says, “Oh, that room!” And I say, “Mom, it’s not that bad; not like you’re thinking. I’ve gotten better about keeping my room up.” At some point she stops listening to me and says, “Well it doesn’t matter it’s not like you’re entertaining in there.” So I act like I don’t hear her and I say, “No, really. My room’s not dirty; it’s just a little messy. (She and I used to go back and forth on the difference between dirty and messy). So she repeats, “It’s not like you’re entertaining in there.” And I say, “You would be proud of how clean it usually is. I still don’t make the bed that often and sometimes I have clothes on the bottom of the bed but other than that it’s good.” She still says, “But it doesn’t matter if your room is dirty because it’s not like you’re entertaining in there”.

Ok so I give up; she wins. Clearly she’s not going to listen to a thing I say until I confirm that it doesn’t matter because it’s not like I’m entertaining in there. So as much as I tried to ignore her statement/underlying questions I respond with, “You’re right, I’m not entertaining in there BUT I keep my room pretty clean on a regular basis”.  She could care less about how clean I keep my room! And she skipped the awkward “so are you sleeping with anyone” talk.  She always finds a way to get the answer to that question without asking it directly.  So I guess she doesn’t think she’s slick, she actually is. Maybe I should be taking notes!