I don't have a great relationship with my mother. She was physically abusive when I was a child. We didn't speak for a while but after we had a big confrontation and 'chat' about the past, I allowed her to start seeing my four-year-old DD with me present. She's been seeing her regularly for a while now and is,I have to admit, generally good with her.
However, my mother is very physically affectionate with DD which often annoys me as sometimes IMO it is too cloying and I want her to give DD some space. Sometimes DD doesn't want to 'cuddle up' on the sofa or hold her hand and often my mother will pretend to play cry when DD says no. But what really bothers me is that I've noticed my mother likes to pat DD on the bottom. She does it A LOT. And I find it somehow inappropriate but I'm not sure whether that's just me. I want to point it out next time I see her doing it. But I don't know whether it's actually just a normal grandmotherly thing to do. But DH and I hardly ever pat DD on the bottom, so it seems wierd.
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Cake · 30/05/2009 17:52
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