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[quote=Anonymous]My mom and I were pretty close growing up. Her and my dad worked very hard, always put me first and I know love me very much. I am very lucky in that regard.

However, over the past few years I have changed a lot - I am a lot more compassionate, less negative, etc. I realized not a go with the flow person and carried around a lot of anger and resentment towards most things. And, I definitely think it was a product of my upbringing. My mom is a pick yourself up, and stop whining person. She also tends to negative about little things (like if someone does something stupid and small, they are stupid mother f*ckers). It could be anything, from protestors to someone not getting out of a parking spot correctly. It is hard to be around now. I also have been sharing less about my life. There have been moments where I want a 'man, that sucks' and that is not the response I get. One example, found out my BF at the time was taking a job that wasn't good for our relationship (like not in the same country). Her response when I was crying was 'it is probably a great career move'. The other week, my dog and I had a very close encounter with an aggressive dog (like his owner was on the ground barely holding on to the leash) - all I needed was a 'wow, must have been scary to have a 100 dog trying to chase you down the street'
What I got - most dog owners are stupid and how she is very careful with our family dog.

Has anyone been through this - you changed drastically and your parent didn't? How did you handle it?

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