The mother always said how I was a "very selfish young lady"...
When I was 18, a girlfriend of mine said something about me to her.. I was far from perfect, I was pretty screwed up even at that age
She told my girlfriend "she's always been like that"
Absolutely not

I was just beginning to become a "person"
I have no idea where the mother was coming from with that statement. .....
(This same girlfriend said how the mother was a "sad person" ... the issue she commented upon was a behavioural issue - no physical or even emotional abuse on my part

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