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While marveling at the many ensembles a friend sent me, I realized I didn’t have proper accessories to accommodate them!

It actually started with a strange conversation with my mother – who has somehow wedged her way into my friend giving me the dresses in the first place. Another two packages is on the way, and I’ve decided to wait instead of anticipating when it will arrive.

Today, my mother states she’s picking up packages from the Amazon hub. I nod, and ignore the statement – who in gods name makes a situation between two other people about them? When she returned, I firmly stated that I don’t really care when the dresses show up, that I will wait and that I addressed it earlier.

The manipulation at hand has been going on since I received the first batch of dresses, fourteen in all. I am crocheting a baby blanket for my friend…this wasn’t a random event.

Instead of what I would typically do, I decided to create earrings – something else my mother cannot control. I’m not upset with her, but she doesn’t understand boundaries and how other adults can function without someone needing to control them 😅

As weird as it sounds, a lot of people experience this type of behavior from someone. Since the dresses arrived – she’s decided one color doesn’t suit her. Next, she went out and purchased a strikingly similar dress to three of the dresses that were sent. Because she didn’t like how it looked, she opted to wear it indoors.

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Now, she really thinks she has some type of control over when the packages will arrive. Don’t let this upset you…I’m having a good laugh at it. Instead of leaving it at – “that’s so kind of your friend,” it’s become a battle in which I must fight to gain control over dominion of the dresses my friend sent (I’m not fighting her, but perhaps in her mind I am 😂)

The element that removed her entirely was the creation of earrings. I just cleaned out my jewelry box, so making more was needed. She has no control over anything, but things I do for myself send her over the edge. Silently.

Instead of fighting her head on, and basically telling her to be quiet (which is what most people would do) I’ve decided to act like she’s said nothing. I knew when the dresses arrived, she’d be upset about it. I didn’t realize she’d try to control the entire situation out of jealousy.

They are symbolic in more ways that one, however, and that’s probably the bigger reason so much effort has been done to undo things. She sent seven white dresses 😊

At any rate, remember that no one has any control over you. If they had any sense, they’d be minding their own business!