The thing about people is that it’s impossible to always please them. Imagine juggling a million and one things at the same time, and then someone comes along to point out the things you’re not doing well.
Today’s Original Poster (OP) was heavily pregnant and in the hospital, therefore leaving her partner to do everything: juggling a full-time job, moving things to their new house, taking care of a kid, and making sure she had everything she needed in the hospital. Her mother, however, felt it was the right time to constantly criticize everything he did.
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