Quinch Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 My mum is making herself ill over worrying about my brother. He's declared he wants to set up as a freelance consultant but first he's going to take 12 weeks unpaid leave from his well paid job; despite being responsible for a mortgage and two young children. It's a big risk and my mum is worried that he's going to fail, lose his house, etc. Naturally, all mothers worry but mine worries more than most. Her glass is always half empty and she can only see the worst possible outcomes. Even when there is nothing to worry about, she will invent something and then make herself upset. This happens with such regularity that I'm starting to lose patience with her. I wish she would pull herself together and just have a little bit of faith in my brother. He's not a complete idiot - I'm sure he's not stupid enough to be talking about starting a business without some kind of fallback position. But she's just not very strong emotionally and gets easily upset about the smallest things. How can I make her see that she can't keep doing this to herself? Link to post Share on other sites
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