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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just got back from a weekend trip with several girlfriends and we had a long discussion about our mothers.  Three of them have complicated relationships with their mothers.  One has a pretty good relationship with hers.  My own mother died when I was young, and I have no idea what kind of relationship we might've had at this stage of my life. It's easy for me to fantasize that it would've been sunshine and roses, but I really don't know.

It was an eye-opening discussion, mostly because the conversation was so honest and I hadn't known just how difficult the relationships were.  I could also tell how conflicted my friends feel.  They want and need more from their mothers, but they also recognize their mothers' shortcomings and inability to give them what they need.  They are struggling to find ways to keep their moms at arms-length or to find the right balance, but they feel guilty about it.  Their strained relationships are caused by having a mother who is hyper-critical and negative, one who has a constant need for attention and creates drama, and in the third case, a mother who seems wholly uninterested in her daughter and grandkids.  [/quote]

I would have given my left arm to join that conversation. Sometimes I feel so isolated. Logically, I know many women experience this but personally, I do not.[/quote]

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