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My mum tells my aunty everything.

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Mooshamoo · 12/11/2023 13:45

Me and my mum get on fine . I have one aunty (mum's sister) that I do not get on with at all. We do not like each other. She has never been nice to me. She has never been like an aunt to me. She has never asked how I am, am I ok. Ever. The only rtime she has talked to me has been to be nasty to me. Shehas been nasty to me several times. We don't talk at all now.

My mum is very close to her sister. If I say anything bad about her sister, my mum gets annoyed. So I've decided you know that even though I don't like my aunt, I don't want to upset my mum/aunts relationship. Its up to my mum. That's their bond.

My mum knows I don't like my aunt...However it's hard that my mum and aunt are close and I really don't like my aunt. As my mum used to tell my aunt everything about me. Ive asked my mum not to tell my aunt anything about me. As I know my aunt will then tell my other aunt stuf about me, and she talks badly about me to everyone

Something happened in my life last week that I wanted to keep private, and my mum rang my aunt and told her. It upset me. My mum said it just slipped out. I can understand. But the situation is so difficult and it makes me and my mum argue, as I don't want my aunt to know stuff about me

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It is very hard to manage the relationships of :
Me and my mum are close
My mum and my aunt are close
Me and my aunt really intensely dislike each other. Honestly we are not like aunt and niece at all. We really don't like each other in any way shape or form. There is very bad feeling between us. We are like strangers at best

I'm not sure what to do

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Pumpkintastic · 12/11/2023 13:56

Why did you need to tell your Mum? Even medical conditions. You are not a child Nd she has no automatic right to know. When she asks you about it in future I would refuse to discuss it and let her know how let down you are that she couldn't respect your wishes and keep it private. It's the only wys she'll learn. Or continue as you are and accept her sister will be privy to everything you say to your Mum.

Watsername · 12/11/2023 13:56

My mum tells her friends everything I tell her, so I have stopped telling her stuff.

Mooshamoo · 12/11/2023 13:55

rightyletsmove · 12/11/2023 13:53

"This was something I had to tell her about a medical condition."

But you don't have to tell her

I did have to tell her as I needed her help on this occasion.

But yeah I'll just have to try to tell her less. Which is sad!

I would just like a close relationship with my mum, without her involving my aunt in absolutely everything

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Aquamarine1029 · 12/11/2023 13:53

You can't trust your mother to keep your confidence. It's sad, but true. You simply can't share anything you want to be kept private with her.

35965a · 12/11/2023 13:53

Are we sisters?! Just don’t tell your mum anything. Unfortunately you can’t trust her, she’s shown you this. She won’t change now.

rightyletsmove · 12/11/2023 13:53

"This was something I had to tell her about a medical condition."

But you don't have to tell her

Mooshamoo · 12/11/2023 13:52

KaiserChefs · 12/11/2023 13:49

You have to stop confiding in your mum and when she asks why, tell her.

This was something I had to tell her about a medical condition.

The hard thing is - she is close to her sister so she sees it from that point of view, that they have a normal chatty relationship.

She can't seem to see that me and my aunt are like total strangers who don't get on.

She is close to her , so she seems to kind of assume that I'm close to her aswell.

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NigelHarmansNewWife · 12/11/2023 13:51

Yes, that's the only way she'll stop.

KaiserChefs · 12/11/2023 13:49

You have to stop confiding in your mum and when she asks why, tell her.

mbosnz · 12/11/2023 13:49

Have you tried, 'Mum, I feel like I can't tell you things I want to keep private, because even when I've entrusted you with something, and you have been asked to keep it private, you tell the one person you know I really don't want you sharing my information with?'

As a mother that would absolutely kick me in the guts, and so it should. The trust and confidence of your children is such a treasure, and so fragile, it should be paramount.

Mooshamoo · 12/11/2023 13:46

She told her something else about me today and I said "please don't tell your sister stuff about me, I like to have privacy".

It's like someone constantly telling someone i really don't like, everything about me

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