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How is your relationship with your mum?

My mum was the reason for my low self esteem.

She hated me for no reason. I cried every night because i didnt know why I was hated. She never talked to me she talked to my friends and they loved her but ignored me. I still dont know why I was hated so much.
I envied all the girls who could talk to their mum.

We have a good relationship now but it felt like i never had a mum until i was 16.

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Reply 1
Hehe, parents eh? They f**k you up. My mum was so afflicted by neuroses throughout my childhood that she was indeed a negative influence in my life for many years. Her negativity caused me to behave in equally unhelpful ways. It was a complex pattern of destructiveness that we both contributed to, and both blamed eachother for. But she is just a person, and I don't blame her. She was stressed a lot of the time due to work (which she had to do, to keep a roof over me and my sisters heads!); and she of course had relationship problems. Our relationship changed when I became old enough to start thinking properly for myself. However, it took a while to get rid of all the negative behavioural patterns that had been built up in me over the years... Thesedays, we're cool. Whereas before I would hate her for her weakness, and she would react defensively as a result (meaning arguments), now I accept her as she is. She is still marred by depression from time to time, but it doesn't affect me anymore.

Nobody is perfect. You won't be at her age, either. But you can use your experiences as a basis for learning and understanding why people behave in such ways; and use this knowledge to your benefit. When/if you ever have children, the knowledge you have gained from experience will mean you won't fall into the unconscious trap your mum seems to have fell into; and so your relationship with your children will be better.
I've hated my mum ever since she walked in on me masterbating to foot porn
Reply 3
Original post by evolutionaryme
I've hated my mum ever since she walked in on me masterbating to foot porn


:facepalm2:

I get on well with pretty much all my family...
My relationship with my mother is terrible. She wishes I would die, and doesn't trust me. I want to move out but can't because my family will disown me if I do.
Incestous.
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Original post by Ewan
:facepalm2:

I get on well with pretty much all my family...


well done
My relationship with your mum is great thanks.
Reply 9
my mums awesome!! We have our little tiffs but other than that...love her to bits
It was so good for a while but then we started arguing all the time and the sex wasn't as good until eventually we decided to go on a break for a while, see other people and re-evaluate our feelings. I don't know where we stand right now. :frown:
It's ok. We are totally different so we argue a lot, I won't miss that when I'm at uni :tongue:
Original post by Dreamseeker
Hehe, parents eh? They f**k you up. My mum was so afflicted by neuroses throughout my childhood that she was indeed a negative influence in my life for many years. Her negativity caused me to behave in equally unhelpful ways. It was a complex pattern of destructiveness that we both contributed to, and both blamed eachother for. But she is just a person, and I don't blame her. She was stressed a lot of the time due to work (which she had to do, to keep a roof over me and my sisters heads!); and she of course had relationship problems. Our relationship changed when I became old enough to start thinking properly for myself. However, it took a while to get rid of all the negative behavioural patterns that had been built up in me over the years... Thesedays, we're cool. Whereas before I would hate her for her weakness, and she would react defensively as a result (meaning arguments), now I accept her as she is. She is still marred by depression from time to time, but it doesn't affect me anymore.

Nobody is perfect. You won't be at her age, either. But you can use your experiences as a basis for learning and understanding why people behave in such ways; and use this knowledge to your benefit. When/if you ever have children, the knowledge you have gained from experience will mean you won't fall into the unconscious trap your mum seems to have fell into; and so your relationship with your children will be better.


i talk to my mum about everything apart from sex
i'd like to talk to my mum about sex but she pretty much finds it awkward and, i don't know, is actually quite immature towards it, it's odd.
We never used to talk about stuff, i'm 18 now, it's only been since i was 15/16 that i've been able to talk to her about stuff, before that we'd always just argue

i'm quite jealous of my friends relationship with her mum
(edited 13 years ago)
Original post by Anonymous
My mum was the reason for my low self esteem.

She hated me for no reason. I cried every night because i didnt know why I was hated. She never talked to me she talked to my friends and they loved her but ignored me. I still dont know why I was hated so much.
I envied all the girls who could talk to their mum.

We have a good relationship now but it felt like i never had a mum until i was 16.


Sorry if this is too personal but how did you come to having a good relationship with your mum without knowing the cause of her earlier issues?
It's good, I guess. We have our ups and downs but at the end of the day we only have each other (my dad doesn't live with us anymore and my brother's moved out and doesn't really visit home) so we know that if we fall out with each other then we're pretty screwed. Probably a typical mother/daughter relationship - she forgets that I'm at university now and I'm a hell of a lot more independent than I was 7 or 8 months ago :smile:
Reply 15
Original post by Ewan
:facepalm2:

I sex up with pretty much all my family...


:eek:
Reply 16
Original post by Dreamseeker
Hehe, parents eh? They f**k you up. My mum was so afflicted by neuroses throughout my childhood that she was indeed a negative influence in my life for many years. Her negativity caused me to behave in equally unhelpful ways. It was a complex pattern of destructiveness that we both contributed to, and both blamed eachother for. But she is just a person, and I don't blame her. She was stressed a lot of the time due to work (which she had to do, to keep a roof over me and my sisters heads!); and she of course had relationship problems. Our relationship changed when I became old enough to start thinking properly for myself. However, it took a while to get rid of all the negative behavioural patterns that had been built up in me over the years... Thesedays, we're cool. Whereas before I would hate her for her weakness, and she would react defensively as a result (meaning arguments), now I accept her as she is. She is still marred by depression from time to time, but it doesn't affect me anymore.

Nobody is perfect. You won't be at her age, either. But you can use your experiences as a basis for learning and understanding why people behave in such ways; and use this knowledge. Be fit. When/if you ever have children, the knowledge you have gained from experience will mean you won't fall into the unconscious trap your mum seems to have fell into; and so your relationship with your children will be better.


Paedo? Get out! :mad:
It's a bit of a mess. She thinks I'm a 'selfish, boring bitch'.

Thanks. :rolleyes:
We get on well now, but before I moved out we were always at each other's throats. Pretty standard mother-daughter relationship I think!!
Reply 19
Mine left a few years ago and now lives about 100 miles away so...
We didn't really have a strong relationship anyway, and I think it's become worse now. Whenever we do talk, it's either about really general stuff like eastenders or it's her criticising my dad, his family, our house, my A levels, my uni choices etc. It is kind of sad - I know my friends find it weird that we're not that close but I get on really well with my dad anyway. Not saying that that makes up for it, but it makes a lot easier when you have at least one parent to rely on.

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