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[quote=Anonymous]Not horrible, but certainly fraught and I maintain my distance.

As a child, she called me a bitch to my face more times than I can count. Her favorite way to insult me was to say, in the most condescending way possible, "you're just like your father!" (Who she is still married to! Who has a doctorate in chemistry!)

She twists the truth constantly. I believe that she believes these lies. But they're not the truth. It's exhausting to listen to her spin, embellish, and occasionally tell outright falsehoods all the time. And don't you dare even attempt to gently correct the record.

She's a relentless gossip and a "me monster."  I suppose that is related to the above. Anything you tell her will promptly be broadcast to the entire east coast, and even better if she can somehow make it all about her.

There's plenty more I could write.

My mom is deeply insecure and that's how she handles it. But the cost is a meaningful relationship with me (I believe she is closer to my brothers for a variety of reasons). I'm not even sure she's aware how distant we are--in her head, she's the greatest mom ever and so close to her children and she tells everyone that.[/quote]

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