I have this thing, perhaps it’s an obsession. I have to share all my food with my mom, and I feel guilty if I don’t. I pay for my own food and I still feel bad if I don’t give her some. She never asks me for any.

Today we were trying to figure out dinner at the store and I picked up a TV dinner and said “I’ll have this.” She asked if there was just one serving and I said yes. I paid for it with my own money. But now I feel bad that there is only one serving and I feel like I should have bought something for us to share.

I just have to give my mom some of my food. It’s like I can’t not do it.

She doesn’t share her food with me. A few weeks ago I gave her half of my Italian beef, and the next day she had this leftover prime rib from a dinner meeting a couple of days before. She did not offer any of it to me. I know she shouldn’t have, but I felt kind of bad.

How do I get over this? This constant need of sharing?