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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother is like this, and for her it's an unconscious form of schadenfreude. I suspect it's because she's been disabled for multiple decades due to an auto-immune disease, and has a ton of insecurity and social anxiety about it: because of that, she enjoys seeing "healthy" people's normal lives go awry. It reassures her that no one has it better than she does. [/quote] My mom is like this. Also, both my parents really hated being parents, so they are eager to hear anything to indicate that their kids also hate being parents. They used to frame this as a kind of revenge, like "you put us through hell and now you'll get yours." But now they try to couch it as an attempt to commiserate. But I actually love being a mom and think my kids are great. Yes it's hard sometimes, but I never blame my kids for that. It's usually circumstantial.[/quote]
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