u/BedazzledErinaceinae

I try to avoid my mother as much as possible. Her personality is repulsive, she has lost any and all friendships she once had, she's argumentative, overcritical, obsessive, and all around unpleasant to be around. Last night, I was laughing while on call with friends. She then proceeds to send me an entire paragraph; "how's that wonderful ignoring me working out?" to which I, confused, responded with a laughing emoji. She then sends another paragraph questioning why I was crying but also sending her a laughing emoji. I just stopped responding there. The self absorption is insane here; first of all, I was laughing with friends, not crying (She wouldn't know the difference because she doesn't have any). Second of all, why on God's green earth would I ever cry over her? I hardly think about her. Shes a lonely, miserable woman who has dug her own grave and has had (and still has) numerous chances to make things right with the people she hurt. Why must everything always be about her? Does she honestly think she's on everyone's minds 24/7? No, mother. I am not crying about cutting you out. That was the best decision I have ever made. But stay in your delusional fantasy world if it keeps you from getting physically/verbally aggressive with me or my siblings. I, on the other hand, will continue to go about life laughing at the top of my lungs and never becoming the person you are.

I've seen previous posts on the topic and nearly everyone states that their IDs are scanned to buy a membership or checked upon arrival and that's never happened at my location. I've never brought an ID once. I even explicitly told the staff member that I was a minor and put I was born in 07 instead of 08 so I didn't have to bother my parents (they both work full time). He didn't even mention it and just let me in after I paid. People at my gym just scan their barcodes and enter without any ID checking. Is this unusual, or are lots of locations this lax?