They were literally all over the place and I wasn't going to pick up piles of clothes or move blankets.' I called the manager back to tell her that I wasn't touching anything because of the uncapped syringes.

There were uncapped syringes, used packages that had contained drugs and general filth everywhere.

I went to the room and there was trash everywhere. I never made beds or did any of that so I wasn't sure exactly what she wanted. 'After they were done speaking with my manager the officer handed me the phone and she told me to go in and clean up the room. They escorted a prostitute out and asked to speak to the manager.' One night the police came in and went directly to a room around 2am. 'I worked in a decent hotel in college, was the night auditor. 'There were multiple occurrences of me or other friends going to spend the night and being sent back home shortly after because she was in a bad mood and my friend didn't have his room clean enough for her liking, like a plate and fork on the dresser from breakfast o r a couple of clothing items on the floor.' 'She was definitely verbally and emotionally abusive, but I never saw signs of physical abuse.' Regardless of the error made, the punishments would build until she would snap and say something like, 'Get out of my house, I don't want to see your face!'' 'My friend and his sister were always punished pretty much immediately by the mom, and the stepdad would just kinda disappear. The stepdad wasn't allowed to have much input when it came to any punishments because he wasn't the bio dad.' 'The mom was super religious and tended to be pretty strict, but tried, unsuccessfully, to hide it when any of our group were at their house. 'He spent the week staying at different friends' houses each night until his parents let him come back home.' 'When we were 13, a friend of mine was kicked out of the house by his parents for a week because he stacked things wrong in the freezer, and some bread got squished.' 'The living room always had lines in the carpet from the vacuum, and no footprints because we weren't allowed in there. It was the 'living room,' and the other room we actually sat in was the 'family room.'' Why have a room with nice furniture in it that you never use? Her mom was nice, but she was a major clean freak.' It was basically a second living room, but nobody was allowed to walk into it or sit on the furniture.' 'A friend of mine in high school had a room like that in her house. As if he was responsible for her actions and looking out for her.' ' She also had other crazy rules, like punishing my friend when his little sister did anything wrong. It would have been a perfect study room or reading room.' I always felt like it was such a waste, to have such a nice room and never use it.

'If you sat on the furniture in the sitting room, she'd throw a fit. You had to walk through that room to get to the rest of the house, and it led to the kitchen and then the living room.' She had a sitting room with a couch and a love seat that nobody was ever allowed to sit on. 'When I was a kid, my friend's mom was a little nuts. When the time comes, you’ll be glad you had that talk.' Let them know you love them and you’re scared. Ask them what they want done with their body when they die. ' Why am I telling you this? Sit down with your parents and have the hard conversation. It sucked, but that conversation I had with him a decade before about his own mortality really got me through it.' I was in a hotel room with him and he died in his sleep. He told me when the time comes, to think kindly of him and keep on going.' 'He told me that he had a great life and he was proud of my brother and I. I wasn’t able to be with him but talked to him about my feelings and wondering if I was going to lose him.' 'I accidentally had a conversation with my father after he had to have urgent surgery they had some scary moments. It’s one of those events that rocks the foundations of your life.' ' That my parents are also getting older and the fear of losing them soon terrifies me.'

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