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So, some background: I'm in nursing school, I work full-time, I pay my bills on time. And recently, I decided to spend time with a friend of mine instead of going to Easter. For this, i am called a disappointment and told to re-evaluate my life priorities.
This started as sadness, now progressed to rage. My life priorities are set-graduate with excellent gpa, grad degree in infection control/public health, a happy life, possibly successful relationships, and minimal judgement in my daily life. Telling me not to think with my twat is not the best sort of parenting(says the woman that brought you such gems as "don't make me beat you with the hairbrush", "don't make me call your father", "you are manipulative").
Which leads me to a larger issue. How can you deal with a parent that means well, but has unhealthy coping and a distinct lack of regard for adult relationships i'm trying to foster? It's hard. I'm 26, kinda seeing a dude, really happy about my roles in life right now. This is contradicting a majority of things I'm learning at this point, about how to be a healthy individual and how to lead a healthy life.
I've never seen myself as manipulative. Or as self-serving as my mother makes me out to be. That is not who I am now, at the very least.
This started as sadness, now progressed to rage. My life priorities are set-graduate with excellent gpa, grad degree in infection control/public health, a happy life, possibly successful relationships, and minimal judgement in my daily life. Telling me not to think with my twat is not the best sort of parenting(says the woman that brought you such gems as "don't make me beat you with the hairbrush", "don't make me call your father", "you are manipulative").
Which leads me to a larger issue. How can you deal with a parent that means well, but has unhealthy coping and a distinct lack of regard for adult relationships i'm trying to foster? It's hard. I'm 26, kinda seeing a dude, really happy about my roles in life right now. This is contradicting a majority of things I'm learning at this point, about how to be a healthy individual and how to lead a healthy life.
I've never seen myself as manipulative. Or as self-serving as my mother makes me out to be. That is not who I am now, at the very least.