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I've nearly reached my limit

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Aquamarine1029 · 25/12/2022 17:23

I love my mother but she is driving me absolutely fucking crazy. When we visit or she comes to mine, I am keenly reminded why I chose to move far away 20+ years ago.

Thank god for wine. Rant over.

OP posts:
Weatherwax13 · 25/12/2022 19:26

My mother's gone. But I don't miss her. We all have different relationships with our parents don't we?
I sympathise @Aquamarine1029
Hope you get through the day without braining her!

Pascor · 28/12/2022 13:41

PrincessofWellies · 25/12/2022 19:19

I think the you'll miss her when she's gone, is a statement. It isn't telling people how to respond, or minimising their feelings. My mother used to drive me mad because she just didn't understand me or try to, or it was beyond her ability due to the times in which she grew up. But I do miss her dreadfully. Nothing really prepares you for losing a parent.

As for Op, yep, I agree, it's the nature of some mothers, they drive you mad.

It's an opinion, and a stupid one. You can say you will miss your mother when she is gone, you cannot say any random person will miss their mother when she is gone. You don't know that. Its not a fact.

It's also completely unhelpful and pointless. So what if you will, or won't, miss her when she's gone? She's not gone, she's here pissing off OP, right now. What difference does it make to her right now how she may or may not feel in one or ten or 30 years time?

Funkyslippers · 28/12/2022 15:37

Pastor I agree. You might miss them when they're gone but you won't miss how they used to irritate you!

Always4Brenner · 28/12/2022 15:39

Nc with my lot my birth mother disappeared when I was 8 only saw her twice once at 19 then once 22. No contact ever again so no I didn’t care when she died why should I? OP you carry on having a rant families can wear you down.

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