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Anyone knows how to open a non-profit company?
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10! I call her a couple times a day usually, when I have random news or things that happened in my day (good things)
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I love it hehe
Honestly, 15! She was my soulmate, she died in 2015 and I miss her everyday. I would start and end my day talking to her. I wish she was here now..
and I’m so sorry you lost you mother. Know that she continues to live in you and your thoughts and actions!
Female and 3, she is mentally ill and refuses to accept it. She insinuates ridiculous scenarios in her mind that she says im involved with to hurt her. It has gotten worst over the last couple years and completely disintegrated any kind of a relationship we could have. It makes me sad I cant have the relationship i see other people having with their mom.
I feel so bad saying that sometimes I believe when she goes at least she will be free from these burdens.
I wonder if respondents are M or F.
I’m F and I’d say 6-7. She put me through a lot of trauma as a young child so carries a lot of trauma and gets overly sensitive to perceived criticism.
M31 and about the same. My mom is still super religious and a trump fan (weird combo I know). We have mutually decided to avoid talking politics anymore bc it is clear she and I are polar opposites
0. She told the entire family she hoped I would kill myself. I live, thrive, and succeed to spite her lol
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She sounds like a demon. Glad you had the strength to go NC
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6-7 I’m F
We speak every day as if it were 10
But then she makes comments or is very rejecting in a 2-3 sort a way from time to time.
All I can do is ignore and keep the superficial 10 going. I would regret it / miss her too much otherwise.
I’m sorry if my comment came off as excusing her behavior. I personally don’t believe in maintaining contact with someone just because they’re family, but you want to maintain contact with her, and she you, so I was pointing out there must be some love there however broken it might be. I wish you well.
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8-9. Growing up she was the kind of mom that thought parents that were friends with their underage kids were crappy parents. Which I think is true most of the time. So while I love her to bits and we do friend stuff now, she will still use all three of my names sometimes. 😁
We’re just enough alike to really butt heads over the ways we are fundamentally different from each other. So sometimes it gets spicy, but I would give her my organs if she needed them.
Technically birth mom is 0, but no hard feelings on my end. She chose my adoptive family well and I hope wherever she is now that she is happy and healthy.
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G1- Did they actually make amends for their previous actions? Or at least give you a sincere apology?
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5 asian tiger mom lol
Oh hey another one
0. Haven’t spoken in ~25 years (since I was a teen). Some women aren’t meant to have children and society should stop promoting that this is a woman’s ultimate achievement
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Amen 🙌🏼
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9.5, we talk on the phone 4-5 times per week and she is one of my favorite people. We travel well together and have so much fun. She just gets me, and I get her.
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Total Mom Goals.
0. She sued me and it was so stressful I lost my dream job at MBB. Will probably never talk to her again. Who does that to their own children, it’s sick.
KPMG- I told her I needed some space and she didn’t want to respect the boundary, then she suddenly decided she didn’t like our real estate agreement, (after 2 years with no issues) so she took legal action saying I was “taking advantage of her”. No one in the family trusts her she has burned everyone else in other ways.
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9 - Momma's boy here.
Not 10 because she is my mom. You don't air your dirty laundry to mom like you with besties. Don't want to let her down.
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My mom is 71 and I feel the same way.
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0. We haven’t spoken in over a year. All around trash human.
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This is hilarious because she did a hex on the photos 😂😢 we got to where we are after years of emotional abuse, emotional manipulation, her selfishness and then me waking up one day and realizing that I no longer could allow it. It was killing me. I was hospitalized multiple times for stress induced ulcers.
She has burned every bridge between her and her brother, parents and now me. So this is definitely a her issue. She’s a very cruel and entitled person.
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M, 0 with both of my parents
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If that’s what you need to be mentally healthy I support it too.
I feel like the M on here more tend to put their moms on a pedestal and the more toxic relationships are with the daughters. I may be inferring too much.
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Agree with you 100% @Oliver Wyman 1 - my relationship with my MIL was toxic a.f until I decided to go no contact with my in-laws 🙏🏽
This is a timely conversation. I just had a huge come to Jesus with my 21 year old daughter who unleashed years of unspoken pain and trauma she said I’ve caused her. I had her at 23 as single mom and had experienced a horrific childhood myself- both my parents are now dead and I’ve been on my own a long time.
Although I don’t agree with everything she said, I was able to really hear her take responsibility and apologize although she was unable to accept.
MORAL OF THE STORY parenting is extremely hard and every parent comes into with their own trauma and can only offer the child what they have. Needless to say I’m learning this at 44 and praying I can forgive myself and build a bridge of trust and love btw us. 🥹
This has nothing to do with my job search. How do I get involved in these convos 😂
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Kudos to you for listening to her and apologizing. I hope that conversation will be the beginning of necessary healing for you and your daughter and a repair to your relationship. It is NEVER too late to do better.💗
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10, unequivocally.
10. But she raised me as a single mother and respect all the sacrifices she had to make. Most to her own detriment so that I can have the very best.
My birth mother = 0
My grandmother who took my birth mother’s place in raising me is definitely my best friend = 10
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0 and it was one of the best decisions I've made
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So glad you were able to have a way out of the bad environment you were in ❤️