Quote Originally Posted by ny biker View Post

And I'm no Carolyn Hax, Catriona, but if you're over 21 and your mother is still telling you what time to go to bed, I suspect that your family issues extend beyond privacy.
Ha. It's a long term fight. She married into a family of night owls and produced 5 kids that are as well.

Her bedtime was at 9 pm, and the rest of us naturally wanted to stay up till 3 am.

40 years later, it still drives her nuts that we wouldn't just be good kids and go to sleep at 9.

It probably doesn't help that with my Dad's side of the family and the rest of us, we sorta routinely call each other at 2 or 3 am since we all know the rest of us are going to still be awake.

Mom also tells me to go pee if I'm visiting her and we're gonna leave the house to go to the mall or something.

She's a fairly adorable mother, but she's had a hard time letting go over worrying about every single aspect of our lives. I get phone calls to remind me to lock the doors at night as well. And given that she knows I'm often awake early to drive long distances in traffic, she worries about my sleep deprivation.