How is your relationship with your mom?

fastcarsandfreedom3319 · December 2013

I've noticed a lot of complaining about our moms lately, I'm curious, how is your relationship with your mom?

fastcarsandfreedom3319 · December 2013

Right now, we are living with my parents, but surprisingly, she isn't getting on my nerves at all. It's actually kind of nice to have someone to talk to all the time when DH is in a bad mood. We are really close. We have our differences, don't get me wrong, but nothing we argue about. I feel like we got all that out of our systems back in my teenager days.

NeneCakies · December 2013

It's a LONG story. Not the most tragic ever but imagine trying to get along with an alcoholic, narcissistic, manipulative, stealing, adulterous, racist, lazy, entitled, hypochondriac, gossiping liar with a selective memory. Everything is about her and you can't win.

If you've ever seen Anywhere But Here, it's a little like that. For starters.

BatDaughter4Eva · December 2013

Our relationship isn't bad as long as we don't see too much of each other. That's tough since we live under the same roof.

thepretzelchick · December 2013

We live together and she is my best friend. I can't imagine not seeing or talking to her everyday.

piphigirl · December 2013

Very good, I think. We share a lot of similar interests and she is a very practical, tactful person. This means she doesn't really "step on my toes" in raising DD.

My parents live four blocks from us but always call before they come over, even if it's just to drop something off at our house.

TechieGirl1 · December 2013

Our relationship is good, always has been. She has had a lot of major health issues the past few years, this has caused problems and helped with things too. I'm sorry to hear so many people having problems with their mom.

ccam · December 2013

She's always there for me, the first person I call. She's like my best friend but on a different level. We "talk" everyday either through e-mail, text or whatever. But she's also still my Mom and can be too much at times.

rp-chicago-mom · December 2013

It's difficult. She's extremely moody and gets offended at things that are way less insulting than the things she has the balls to say to her children. A perfect example is the time she had the nerve to tell my PPD riddled sister she should never have had my beautiful, perfect amazing niece. I told her off and she went crying in her room for two hours.

alrighthamilton · December 2013

My mom is my best friend. We live 2 blocks apart and see each other everyday and talk several times a day. She was a single mother to my brother and me most of our lives. When my dad left the first time, I was 4 and she was 8 1/2 months pregnant with my brother. She worked her way up from welfare and food stamps to being the head of a major company, which she is still doing. She is our rock, and what I aspire to be as a mother to Kate. If I can even come close, Kate will be lucky. Even now at almost 37 years old, I don't know what I would do without her.

Maizey06 · December 2013

We are really close and talk, email or text almost every day, especially since I had DD. She can drive me crazy with silly mom things but I have become much more accepting of some of her annoying habits since I had DD, since I know I will someday be in her position with my daughter.

LindsayDesigner · December 2013

It hasn't always been great but we get along really well now. I love her a lot.

britvahok · December 2013

My mom is my best friend. We talk everyday, I'm very thankful for the relationship that we have.

zbeesma86 · December 2013

We have our moments. But I love & appreciate her for all she's done. She's the best. I'm grateful for our relationship.

MoFree · December 2013

On the surface I have a good relationship with my mother. We speak a few times a week and do Face Time when she figured out how to use it. However I am not close with her and she has disappointed me for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately my mother cannot or will not speak up for herself to me bigoted and controlling father and much her actions are based in appeasing my dad. Through therapy I have come to accept that this is the best she can do .
She is terrified of flying and anxious about sleeping anywhere but in her own bed. Therefore she has never visited me in AZ, even when I was on bed rest for PTL and after LO was born. If I lived within 20 minutes of her we would have a closer relationship and she would be a more involved grandmother but that is not my life.

jessalynn521 · December 2013

I love my mom. I wish she lived closer. As I'd it is a 12 he drive or a 4-5 hour flight with one layover. We try to talk on the phone at least once a week.

Megispreg · December 2013

We are very close, and always have been. We live far away, but communicate almost every day. She's awesome. I respect her even more now that I have a child.

PaisleyRuth · December 2013

She died 5.5 years ago, but we were very close. She was an amazing woman - the best mom I could have asked for. Even though I miss her so much and would give anything to have her back, I am blessed that I had such a great mom for 26 years, when some people still have their mom into adulthood but have a bad relationship. I feel very anchor-less without her, and no one else in the world can fill that void, including my husband, my aunt (mom's sister, who I'm now close to) or my sister.

rjacques · December 2013

My mother and I have a great relationship. We live far apart from each other and I talk to her several times a week. I wish we lived closer together so she could see her grandson more but we skype quite a bit so she sees him and we try to visit a couple of times a year.

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