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[quote=Anonymous]My mother chose her third husband who was sexually abusing me, over me. I have not seen her since I was 15. I have had it pointed out to me by my husband that I do not let myself get too close to older women who are around my mother's age. I held my MIL at a distance for a long time. Before she chose her husband, my mother was never very warm towards me and always held me at a distance. I was raised by nannies. She fired them routinely and so I was never able to get close to any of them. She never took me on vacations. She never wanted to be around me unless she was trotting me out to show me off to her friends. I remember hovering her her doorway watching her get ready to go out.

My kids have had the same nanny since they've had a nanny at all. I have not yet traveled without them. I am much closer with them than I ever was with my mother. If the nanny and I are both in the house they come to me. I am really glad to not be creating a cycle. Granted, my oldest is only three, but it's already so different from the relationship I had with my mother. [/quote]

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