Is there anyone in your life that makes you walk on egg-shells?

Question

If so, who is it? Why do you do it? And do you ever get tired of it?


I do it with my mom... and I'm afraid that if I don't, we'll argue constantly because I might piss her off and when she's mad, no one is happy. And I get very tired of it.

Answer 1

yes, my husband. he is a bully if things dont go his way and im always watching how i word things, what i say, what i do because if not then he gets really mad. when he gets like that its unbearable. yes, im very tired of it. i dont know how much more i can take.

Answer 2

Oh, yes, my ex husband. The kids and I ALL had to walk on eggshells. He is extremely bad-tempered, got mad at everything -- from the order in which they ate the food on their plates, to the house not being clean enough, too much noise before he decided to get up in the morning, pajamas not folded, too long in the shower, running the faucet too hard when washing dishes -- and those are only a few examples ... you wouldn't believe the hell we all went through trying not to make him mad.

That all ended when I had enough and kicked him out. I just wish I'd had the backbone to do it sooner, but I mistakenly thought I could "fix" him to save the family unit. Boy, was I wrong.

Answer 3

Probably the owner at my work or some of the managers. It's a terrible place filled with terrible people lol. I hate most of them but I realize I don't have to hang out with them outside of work and I never will. Like there's a picnic next week at the owner's house and I'm ditching it again just like last year : ).

Answer 4

My mom as well. She's bipolar/schitzophrenic in the first place...and now she's menapausal. I deal with and take a LOT from her, but I do it because I love her. No matter how many times I take the brunt of what she's going through or how many horrible things she says to me...she's still my mother, and I know deep down she loves me too. It's taken me a very long time to find peace with it, but I have. She needs me, and I will continue to be there and be her rock. She's already had so many people abandon her in her life, I refuse to be one of them.

Answer 5

I think I'm that way with my mom as well...constantly saying and doing what makes her happy. Recently I've been trying to speak out and change that pattern...needless to say it isn't going well. I'm with you on this one!

I think all we can do is worry about ourselves but keeping the other person in mind. I know it may not start off well, but if you don't look out for yourself, who will?

Answer 6

I suggest that you put your foot down! Let her know how it makes you feel. Who cares what she says, you will feel so much better by telling her that. (Unless you are doing things that you should not be doing)

Another thing, she may be going through menopause.

My mother was a total ***** one minute than just so sweet the next. She would forget telling me things. It was awful and lasted for about 5 years. Thank God that is over!

Answer 7

Yes, my mother ... Well she used to until I finally had a "sit down" with her.. as I couldn't stand it anymore and decided it was time for it to stop. My sister and brother, however, still walk on egg-shells around her.

Answer 8

Yeah, that damn jigsaw guy from the movie saw... For some reason he thinks that egg shells are going to keep me from getting the key...

Answer 9

I do it with my man once in a while. I do get tired of it, but I do it more for the preservation of his sanity and the good of our kids. If he wants to leave, he's free to go.

Answer 10

Nope.

Maybe when I was a kid, yes. But now that I'm an adult, I am who I am and don't "walk on eggshells" for anyone, otherwise I'd be fake.