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Old May 30, 2013, 12:18 AM
ja22383 ja22383 is offline
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Originally Posted by iamnobody11235813 View Post
If it were me, I would honestly try to organize an extended face-to-face interaction with her to talk about what problems she has with you. But my personality is very confrontationalist. I tend to get in people's faces if I believe they have unjustly done me wrong.

But I think the fact you mention your mother has been married and divorced three times is significant. Have your other siblings, the ones she speaks highly of, likewise been married/divorced multiple times, as you have (married, divorced, then married)?

You say you couldn't figure out why she wasn't more sympathetic after you divorced your first husband and became a single parent. In my experience, humans are naturally hypocritical creatures. Perhaps she was ashamed of you not fixing her mistakes (living one happy marriage)? I think parents tend to do that a lot - expect their children to right their wrongs. Perhaps it is what your mother was doing to some extent.

But anyway, the best advice I can give is something that may or may not work for you. For me, I would absolutely confront her and organize a face-to-face talk and attempt to get it all out of her, to lay the cards on the table and find out what you're dealing with. It's not a marriage, of course, but if your mother is holding some unhealthy emotions deep within her, they can be attempted to be unearthed in a manner similar to dealing with problems couples deal with in marital relationships.
I also am very confrontational. I have confronted her a few times. She never answers my questions, she just finds some reason to hang up the phone or leave. I think her thinking that I am better than everyone stems from the confrontations that we've had. As if I must feel superior to have the nerve to confront her. As for my siblings, one is married, one is divorced, and one has a child but is single.