Why does nobody LISTEN?!?!?!?!?!

You know, sometimes I feel like I'm just constantly talking to a brick wall. Nobody ever takes notice of what I say. Nobody ever believes what I say. It's not as if I just make things up as I go along. Let's all ignore Liam, cos he's always wrong. Let's all ignore Liam, cos he makes things up. That's what the world says about me, behind my back, when I'm not looking. Let's all forget about Liam, cos he doesn't matter and he's gay.

Yeah, so what?

You're probably thinking "what's the matter now? Who's made homophobic remarks again...?" Well, nobody has. I'm just in one of those funny moods, particularly with my Mum, strangely enough. Either I'm just going through a phase, or she is, but she seems really difficult lately. She gets all defensive and upset the SECOND I don't do exactly as she asks. She has this amazing ability to make you feel totally guilty and worthless, and I hate feeling that way. Really, I do. But then she also gets pissed off if I'm a little short tempered (which I was today, I admit). She gets short tempered as well, but I don't turn around and shout "Hey... why are you using this tone of voice," whilst herself using quite a whiney and aggressive tone of voice.

Like today, on the way home from the station. My exchange partner wanted to know how to get from the town centre to the cinema... which bus she needed, where to get off, etc. Fair enough, right? So I told her, you need this and this bus, to that and that place, and it'll cost you so many pounds. She didn't need to worry about where to get off - the bus finishes where she needs to get off. And Mum just embarrasses me and decides to say "No, it's not, they're different places." I'm sitting there, FOUR times I've told her that the bus finishes there, you can't go any further on that bus without going back the way you came. End of the Line. All Change. And I'm sitting there, like, "Mum, the bus. Finishes. There." And she got really defensive about the way I spoke to her, when I categorically told her - I've been there, the bus finsihes there."

WHY DOES NOONE BELIEVE ME??????

That seems pretty petty, and trivial, and I bet you're all thinking I'm making mountains out of molehills, but it really pisses me off... :(
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