After Her Teen Son Called Her Lazy For Not Cooking Dinner Like His Friend’s Mom, She Turned Around And Compared Her Son To His Friend
This 38-year-old woman is currently a single mom to her 16-year-old son, Leo. And ever since Leo was about 10-years-old, he took over making his own lunch for school. Or, she would just give him money to buy lunch.
This year, though, he met a new friend named Sam. And she found out that Sam’s mother, Linda, would often prepare lunch for her son’s entire friend group.
Now, she thought that was very kind of Linda and reminded her son to thank Sam’s mom whenever he saw her.
Since then, her son has begun to spend a ton of time at Sam’s house, too. Apparently, Sam has a pool, and Linda is always preparing great meals or snacks for the kids to eat.
So, she never really thought anything of it– since Linda came off as a genuinely sweet person.
“She’s just one of those people with a kind, giving spirit. And Sam’s also a great kid,” she said.
In fact, whenever her son’s friend visits, Sam is always very polite and offers to help out. She has seen Sam around his parents, too, and noted how he always spoke to elders with respect.
So, while she doesn’t think Sam is perfect at all, she does believe his family has a great dynamic built on respect that really works for them.
She, on the other hand, admits to being much different than Linda. More specifically, she does not cook like Sam’s mom.
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Of course, she does prepare dinner– but it is usually something much less intricate, like chicken or pasta. She has also started buying meal prep boxes recently since they are very easy to prepare.
So, whenever her son had any friends over in the past, she would normally just order a few pizzas or put some frozen appetizers in the oven. And apparently, Leo never seemed to care about that.
Ever since becoming friends with Sam, though, there have been a few instances where Leo asked her to specifically cook something for him and his friends.
And sometimes, she would. But, if she said no, she would sometimes hear her son say, “Linda would.”
Now, she immediately tried to shut that down. However, it appears her efforts did not fully work.
The drama unfolded this past Saturday when Leo planned to have some friends over again. So, he asked her if she would bake them cookies.
At that point, she pointed out how they still had a few packages of Oreo cookies in the cabinet. However, Leo was not satisfied with that– and claimed his friends wanted chocolate chip cookies.
But since they live around the corner from a bodega, she told her son that he could grab a package of chocolate chip cookies. Or, she told him that he could just bake some himself.
Once the cookie conversation started to come to a close, though, her son kept going– asking what she was making for dinner.
She ultimately revealed how her plan was just to order some pizza. However, Leo was not happy with that, either, and asked her why she could not just cook something.
She had a really long week at work, though, and was exhausted. So, she told her son that, but he was not very understanding.
Instead, Leo reportedly copped an attitude and actually accused her of being lazy! Then, her son even claimed that Linda also worked yet still managed to cook Sam’s family whatever they wanted.
At that point, she once again told her son that she was not Linda– and she refused to pretend that she was. On top of that, she also decided to ask Leo if his friend ever spoke to Linda that way. And her son wound up admitting that, no, Sam did not speak to his mom like that.
“So I said yeah because Sam respects his mom and appreciates everything she does for him. Clearly, Leo isn’t as appreciative,” she recalled.
After she said that, her son got pretty upset and walked out of the room. Then, Leo decided not to have his friends over anymore and has not spoken to her ever since. That’s why she decided to vent about the whole situation to one of her friends recently. But to her surprise, she got accused of being in the wrong for comparing her son to Sam.
“[My friend] says I got on Leo’s level and made him feel bad,” she vented.
So now, she’s been left wondering whether comparing her son to his friend was the wrong way to handle the situation.
Can you understand why she is not always able to cook intricate dinners like Linda? Do you think she explained that to her son in the best way possible? Was the comparison necessary, or could she have handled this situation better? What would you have done?
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