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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand what you don’t understand OP? I love my own children as much as my parents love me. I make the same sacrifices and expend the same effort for my kids that my parents did for me. My parents also did a good job of maintaining their own identities outside of being parents and did not put their lives, hopes, and dreams on hold. I am sure they made some choices that were a sacrifice to benefit me, but they did not unfairly hold that over my head or live vicariously through me, expecting me to realize their hopes and dreams for them.

Did you simultaneously dote on your parents and stay close while also attending to you own marriage and children? If you choose to be a mommy martyr and then feel lost and unfulfilled without your children, that’s on you. The purpose of raising children is to support them to be independent, successful adults. I love my kids and I love being a parent - but I am a woman and a wife first and I will be both of those things much longer than the 2 decades I am parenting on a daily basis. [/quote]

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