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[quote=Anonymous]Wow. Reading this thread had been really educational. OP gives what I believe to be a fairly straight forward story about dysfunctional family relationships, and some of the commenters think it's somehow about nutrition.
Here's some food for thought:
If you think the orginal post is about breakfast than you need to spend a little less time worrying about your ( and other people's ) waist lines and a little more time developing critical thinking skills, and your intellect in general.
Possibly try to gain more empathy- although I'm not sure that can be taught. Seems some peoples mothers handed down good eating habits and perhaps little else.

I have a similar dynamic within my extended family. Luckily not to the extreme OP described. 
OP, I understand wanting to love someone and holding out hope things will change. Don't lose your optimism. Leaving, however was the right thing to do. If your mother has the personality I expect she has- even confronting her in the moment wouldn't have helped. Of course it's so hard to do in the moment. It's shocking behavior and we are caught off guard. When you start expecting it, and coming back hard and fast with responses to these things there is a down side. You've become hardened and it takes a toll on your other relationships. If you calmly walk away enough, she'll curb her behavior. Same as training a dog.[/quote]

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