I understand the difficult mom talks. Mine is challenging in a different way. It's not so much a cavern of difference between us. It's more that she has issues that she has never truly owned, and never will, and it is those that get in the way of us having a more meaningful relationship. Her perception of everything is skewed because of her mental issues. Nothing I can do about it. It makes dealing with her VERY hard. Especially since she is somewhat clueless that she makes me so crazy. Is it worth it for me to be blunt with her about it all? Nope. She would think I was being argumentative and feelings would get hurt and it would just cause more problems. So I do my best to slough it off and not take her insanity personally. I am normally not very good at it. But this time around, I had a pretty specific idea of how I felt about the issue at hand and she was NOT going to misinterpret what I was saying to her. She could take it to mean what she wanted; but she was not going to tell me what I was saying to her. I did
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