Peanuts, that's incredible-- maybe our mothers are clones!!!??!

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my mom was also very punishing to any of us kids for being sick or injured. She took it as a personal afront - as if we got ear aches on purpose !

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Yes, seems like to my mom it was a reflection on how flawed some of her offspring could be. You see, my mom had one "prize" daughter and one "prize" son, which furthered my feelings of unworthiness as I saw she was able to give some kind of nurturance -- just not to us "unprized" ones.

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And I'm always putting my checkups off to the very last - I worry that I might be wasting the Dr's time or something. As a result I usually suffer longer than necessary because I wait until I'm really really sick before making an appointment.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> Oh my Gosh-- ME TOO!!!!!!!!

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Thanks for posting - I learned something new about myself also.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> Wow-- I hadn't thought of my post helping someone to learn about themself-- thank you for telling me that-- sure makes posting feel a lot better!!

Peanuts-

mandy