(((((((((((((((tinybabyrex)))))))))))))))))))

I'm so sorry. Your mother sounds just like mine. We can't change them. We can only change ourselves and any power we give them to hurt now that we're adults.

I'm stuggling with this still at 42, and have just cut all contact with the mother...for the third and final time. She crossed all lines this time. Now it's become a black and white issue for me. She doesn't deserve or have the right to cause me anymore pain. I've realized that she'll never, ever be what I've hoped and needed from her. The child inside is even giving up on those hopes and dreams. It's so very painful.

I wish you more than well. Please know that you don't deserve to be hurt.

KD