My mom was cruel with her words and was never there. Growing up everyone thought my dad was a single father because she was never in the picture. He was the one that picked us up from school, went to parent teacher nights, all of our extra curricular activities. He did everything while my mom did nothing with us. She was either going to school, sitting on the couch watching TV, or doing her own thing. I never got a kind word from the woman, every time she talked to me it was negative and/or out of anger. Now that we're both older she wants to build a relationship but now I'm used to not having her in my life, she's just a body really, and it really annoys me that she's like this. I never got any physical affection and now she wants hugs, kisses, holding hands. It's rather disturbing and uncomfortable because I'm not used to physical contact, let alone physical affection.