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[quote=Anonymous]My sibling and I are not particularly close, yet my mom has a relationship with each of us individually. I am noticing that anytime we attempt to become closer and make arrangements to get together our mom gets jelous and wants to crash. Not that I'm going to allow it, but as an observation, her being around constantly prevents us from ever having 1-on-1 time and getting a chance to build a relationship of our own. Same goes for trying to get just my kids to know and have a closeness with my brother. When mom is around she tends to take over and the vibe completely changes. She's in on (and dominates) every conversation, activity etc.

I feel like she has kept us from each other our whole lives as a control thing (kind of like Marie on ELR) she likes to be the one who knows everyone's secrets - good and bad. It's just gross to me that instead of wanting us to be close, she would be jelous that for instance, brother gets to see her grandchildren this one time, instead of it being her. This is an example of something she has expressed as a passing comment while also talking about plans to come visit at the same time as brother.

I want to know if this is a common theme in families or just unique to mine?! [/quote]

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