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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why you don't laugh at this point? Perhaps the apple does not fall far from the tree in terms of seeing the glass half empty?

I say this because my mother has always been very negative, and has similar sexual hang-ups. Growing up I had to wear very covering, loose clothing, and the one time I put on shorts and tank to walk in the neighborhood, my mother went berserk. She was controlling in every aspect of my life.

So as soon as I was able to jumped across the pond and started a new life in the US :-) She understood quickly that visits and phone calls were directly linked to how critical she was.

She's mellowed a lot since my 20s and 30s. Now I come dressed in normal clothes for visits with my kids, and she makes practically no clothing comments. She's switched to weight instead. We're all obese apparently (my BMI is at 19), except my son who is just right (he's actually terribly underweight and the pediatrician is worried). She herself is skin and bones.

At this point I just laugh in her face. [/quote]

+1000.  You have to get to where you don’t care or you find it funny. [/quote]

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