Mom surprises

Hello Everyone:

I'm having a lazy Monday today.  There was a May shower this morning that washed out my daily run.  Now it looks as though the sun is coming out so maybe the afternoon will be nicer.  This whole weekend into the beginning of the week has been really chill.  That's a good thing.  Let's hope the rest of the week goes like this.

I was talking with mom yesterday about a my long-term relationship plans with the bf.  Basically what I told her is that my long-range goal is for the both of us to move in together and live happily ever after without the benefit of a ring or piece of paper.  Surprisingly, my straight laced mom was all for it.  Every now and then she does and says stuff that are completely out of character, or at least my perception of it.  In fact she's encouraging it.  The only thing holding us back is not having regular employment.  Hopefully, that too will change soon.  My mom can express quite "liberal" points of view every once and while.  I say that this is surprising because she is religious and holds conservative views.  In this case, she is all for the idea of the bf and I living together.  I think she just wants to see me happy and settle down.  This is normal parental wish.  I genuinely think she's really not as evil or bitchy as I make her out be.  Just sometimes living with an aging parent can be so frustrating.  It doesn't help that my "holier than thou" sister lives in her own self-absorbed world.  Of course, heaven forbid that the BIL or the grand brats make any real effort to help out every once and while.  Sometimes I think, you know what, when I move out mom is going to be your problem.  Anyway, I think mom realizes that the bf and I are mature adults not fresh out of college kids who live on romantic fantasies.  The romantic fantasies are nice but they don't pay the bills.  I think she feels that we can handle ourselves better without resorting to mommy all the time.  I wish she would show this side more often than the whining, complaining, grand brat obsessed side she usually does.