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What one single word describes your mother to you and sums up what she means to you?

547 replies

NETSRIK · 22/02/2022 18:14

I'll start 'distant'

OP posts:
Trinacham · 27/02/2022 09:05

Giving

DidntReallyKnowHer · 27/02/2022 09:18

Dead. Died when I was 8

leavingtime · 27/02/2022 10:16

Confused

SoyMarina · 27/02/2022 11:04

Inconsistant

LawnFever · 27/02/2022 11:05

Missed

Throwmealifejacket · 27/02/2022 11:09

Distracted

nzborn · 27/02/2022 11:09

pain

Eve · 27/02/2022 11:13

Missed 😥

forlornlorna · 27/02/2022 11:24

Jealous

muchprefersummer · 27/02/2022 11:38

Mother - bitch
Step mother - amazing

BananaPlants · 27/02/2022 12:14

@Jvg33 - How hard to be up a few times in the night with young babies?

My mother didn’t get up for me after 4 weeks. I stopped crying after a couple of nights apparently, babies shouldn’t be pandered to.

I didn’t have medical attention when needed as a child as my mother really couldn’t be bothered with that and doesn’t believe in illness really (unless it’s her who is unwell, then the world stops)

Do I have your permission to use the word “cold”?

Millicent2022 · 27/02/2022 12:14

@forlornlorna

Jealous
I think my mum gets jealous - just WHY? How can you be jealous of your own kids ??
MissMaple82 · 27/02/2022 21:04

Kind.. if I were allowed two, second word would be irritating

AmysBeehive · 27/02/2022 21:12

Fun

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 27/02/2022 21:15

Missed

AmysBeehive · 27/02/2022 21:20

I asked my 14 year old son what word he would pick to describe me. He said

Fossil

He thinks he's funny

FishFingerSandwiches4Tea · 27/02/2022 22:18

Wise

noblegreenk · 27/02/2022 23:00

Everything

MondeoFan · 27/02/2022 23:09

@OneSwallow I feel exactly the same as you do

Cyw2018 · 27/02/2022 23:11

Bully

HootOwl · 27/02/2022 23:16

Cruel

xfgdhfgnhkk007 · 27/02/2022 23:20

Controlling.

DrunkenKoala · 27/02/2022 23:24

Manipulative

Daydreamsinsantafe · 27/02/2022 23:42

Unworthy(of me)

WallaceinAnderland · 27/02/2022 23:55

What is the one word to describe someone who befriends people to find out their weak spot and then attacks it?

As kids, we used to say 'come into the parlour said the spider to the fly'.

But we were just innocent kids, we didn't understand.

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