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Originally Posted by poshgirl
Back to square one. My aunt's view is to try, which I have done. My mother will not face up to the reality that she has a closed mind where I am concerned and thinks that by constantly repeating herself, she will eventually grind me down  |
I think these unrealistic mums spend a LOT of time hoping that what worked in the past - the stick, withholding - will continue to work on us as adults. Maybe this is the tactic their mothers used on them. I think my grandmother did. But i cant fix my mothers long ago guilt this way.