It Is Beneath Her

(Last year, I moved from Pennsylvania to Finland. My brother has just brought the final batch of my belongings to my mom’s house for her to ship out.)

Mom: “There’s so much here. I’m not going to be able to ship this all!”

Me: “That’s okay. Now that you have a webcam, we can just do a video call. You can show me everything left and we can decide what to mail and what to donate.”

Mom: “Oh, no! Your brother brought everything into the basement and I’m not bringing it all up here!”

Me:“…Mom, you have a laptop. Can’t you just br—”

Mom: “No! That’s absolutely insane! I’m not doing that! I’m taking the phone downstairs and that’s all!”

(Needless to say, I’m not looking forward to this!)