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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For as long as I can remember. It was fundamentally a clash of temperaments plus the fact that my mother *always* disliked other women. So she favored my brothers and either ignored or was actively mean to me. With more maturity on both sides, we have a cordial relationship now but will never be close. She is still one of the most selfish and critical people I've ever met.[/quote]

You had it better than me. My mother went to college to a different country when I was a toddler. She would come once or twice a year and totally ignore me. When she returned for good, I was almost 6. Then the horror started. My dad adored her and gave in to everything she said, including physically punishing me for things like playing the piano prior to doing my penmanship, etc..etc... I could never ask "why". If I questioned anything, it was being rebellious. She said if I didn't do whatever she asked me to, she would break me. That included cleaning up the house before exams or concerts ... and talking of concerts, she once burned my shirt (stretchy nylon) with an iron only a couple hours prior to my solo concert. There was also "you are so big, you look more like a wrestler than a pianist" at age 17-18. I was about size 12-14.
She still lives and still badmouths me when she finds an audience.
I haven't seen her for several years.
She also messed up two of my personal relationships when I was  in my 20's.

She is completely different with the boys (brothers) who believe her than I need to be institutionalized.
Even though my family was always well off, I had to work full time from a young age to put myself through college and grad school. Had I been in the USA, things would have been much better in foster care.[/quote]

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