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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I just reread what you wrote and you are wrong in saying that your mother's comment that she didn't want to do it means that she shouldn't have done it or that she knew it was wrong.

I didn't want to do wound care on my father's gangrenous toe multiple times a day.  It was like opening up a rotten soft boiled egg each day.  It made me want to vomit.  I did it because I loved him and it kept him alive.

I NEVER want to clean my son's wounds with alcohol.  It HURTS him and It hurts me to hurt him and I know he hates me a little but every time I say I love him too much to leave his wound dirty even though I don't want to do it.

I do the painful thing that I don't want to do, even though it hurts me, even though it hurts him, because I sincerely believe it is better for his health.

That's what parenting entails sometimes.

It doesn't absolve your mom of other things she may have done wrong, but not wanting do give you an enema doesn't mean that it was the wrong thing to do.  It just means she loved you enough to do it.[/quote]

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