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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all so helpful for me to read, especially the advice about lying and not feeling guilty for not giving enough. My mom is at the beginning of this and I’m an only child (daughter) with young children. It’s only been 4 months but I am burning out and need to set some clear limits. [b]She’s never happy, has never been happy. [/b]My therapist likes to say that she could sleep in between my husband and I in bed every night and be with me all day every day and she would still be complaining.

I recommend the working daughter Fb group to the Op. It has a lot of similar complaints and advice. [/quote]

I try to remind myself that this is the absolute truth of it when it comes to my mother. It will never ever ever be enough. It's sad that she is always miserable and full of complaints, but running myself into the ground hasn't permanently moved the needle for her one bit. It helps me when my inner child starts thinking I can somehow relieve my parent's cosmic discomfort to look at the lifetime of evidence and accept that I may buy a little bit of peace in the short term, but as it stands, this dynamic does not have a happy ending.[/quote]

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