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How can I get my mom to go grocery shopping?

Asked by hug_of_war (10735points) June 10th, 2009

So I’m 20, going to college and live at home, so she has no legal or moral obligation to have food around. This is not a financial issue, she has made it clear why she refuses to go grocery shopping and we are not that poor (she just came back from a trip to las vegas for example). I would just pay for my own meals, but no matter how hard I’ve tried in the past year I can’t get a part-time job (in large part due to the fact I can’t drive for physical reasonss).

So my story. My mom refuses to go grocery shopping because she says we don’t clean enough. I try cleaning a lot, but she’s a natural clean freak and I’m naturally messy, so no matter how hard I try, I can never clean good enough for her standards. I try so hard, but alas, I always fail miserably.

Next week she will be out of town for a week. She hasn’t gone grocery shopping in about 6 weeks, because of the cleaning thing. The two things I usually eat when she does this, pasta and rice, are quickly running out.

Do you think there is anything I can do to get her to go grocery shopping before Sunday when I’ll have to fend for myself with no money for a week?

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