Anonymous wrote:Isn’t the mother being a passive aggressive covert narcissistic? Seriously?...no one thinks this from the read?
Anonymous wrote:Isn’t the mother being a passive aggressive covert narcissistic? Seriously?...no one thinks this from the read?
Anonymous wrote:I felt this way, and my mom suddenly died. What I wouldn’t give to call her every.single.day.![]()
Anonymous wrote:All you people whining about how the OP's mother lost a child need to realize that for all the history of mankind mothers have lost children and life still went on. It is only the last few generations where it became the norm for a woman not to have at least one child die. And the longer a mother lives nowadays the higher the chances are she will have one child die before she dies. The death of her son is absolutely no excuse for any behaviour past the one year mark. Either the mother is purposely stuck in her grief and refusing help or she is using it for manipulation. Either way it isn't the OPs fault and she is correct in calling her mother out for this. The OP needs to start living like her mother is dead and get on with her life. Mom certainly isn't needed.
Anonymous wrote:I think evolutionarily it's best if parents die before the children are 30. If you still need your mommy or daddy at 30 years of age then you have a serious problem. There is far too much gone to even try to maintain a healthy relationship with someone who wiped your butt, saw your worst moments, probably left a few scars on your psyche and now expects you to be the adult in the relationship. OP, start living your life as if your mother is gone and things will drastically improve. If she calls, treat her like an old acquaintance whom you share some memories but don't need validation from. Then when your children are 30 remember any relationship you have with them is on their terms because frankly you did your job and aren't really needed anymore.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All you people whining about how the OP's mother lost a child need to realize that for all the history of mankind mothers have lost children and life still went on. It is only the last few generations where it became the norm for a woman not to have at least one child die. And the longer a mother lives nowadays the higher the chances are she will have one child die before she dies. The death of her son is absolutely no excuse for any behaviour past the one year mark. Either the mother is purposely stuck in her grief and refusing help or she is using it for manipulation. Either way it isn't the OPs fault and she is correct in calling her mother out for this. The OP needs to start living like her mother is dead and get on with her life. Mom certainly isn't needed.
It is only the last few generations where it became the norm to limit family size to 2-3 children. Losing one of two is way different than losing one of eight.
Anonymous wrote:All you people whining about how the OP's mother lost a child need to realize that for all the history of mankind mothers have lost children and life still went on. It is only the last few generations where it became the norm for a woman not to have at least one child die. And the longer a mother lives nowadays the higher the chances are she will have one child die before she dies. The death of her son is absolutely no excuse for any behaviour past the one year mark. Either the mother is purposely stuck in her grief and refusing help or she is using it for manipulation. Either way it isn't the OPs fault and she is correct in calling her mother out for this. The OP needs to start living like her mother is dead and get on with her life. Mom certainly isn't needed.
Anonymous wrote:If you want to connect with your mother, call her.
If you don't care about connecting with her, but do care about being "right" and making sure everything is perfectly "fair," don't call her.
Make your choice, own it, live it, and stop complaining, either way.