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My mother just turns up and walks into my house?

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oldschooloon · 05/09/2018 09:12

I'm curious as to how normal this is, I'm 50 and my mother still thinks, despite finally being told no clearly after years of hints and resistance, that she can just turn up unannounced at my house.
I've at least finally managed to train her not to also just walk in without knocking.

OP posts:
Motoko · 07/09/2018 19:25

With a mother like OP has, it's not petty nonsense.

oldschooloon · 07/09/2018 20:29

I opened this, as I've said, because I was genuinely wondering how other people felt about this. It wasn't without the expectation that I would meet differing opinions, but given the platform we are on, I was hoping for a reasonable conversation regarding how we all conduct our family relations and why.
While I'm not here very often, I'm no newbie and I've found the community on here generally positive until recent years. I feel there's a trolling element, where too many of you feel it's entirely acceptable to gloss over my honesty in my backstory on this and tell me you think I'm a bad person. Safe behind the anonymity of this forum.
I've worked hard, as I've said, to have as good a relationship with both my parents, despite neither of them deserving any of us giving them to time of day.
I have a right as a "mature adult" to protect both mine and my children's mental health as I see fit.
I don't have to justify myself any further, I choose to do so in the same spirit of honesty as many others on this thread.
Thanks again to those of you who are open minded enough to understand, and for those of you that choose to cherry pick bits of the thread and pop up and throw your negative opinions... why? Why not just shrug and scroll past? Why feel it's your divine right to pick at someone else so personally whilst ignoring what they say? I've avoided this thread as the trolling element has kicked into gear as it's causing me considerable anxiety.
I'm not reading or commenting further. I've had a good day with her, and I'll be very hesitant to open any threads again.

OP posts:
Lizzie48 · 07/09/2018 20:41

I'm so sorry about this thread, OP, I've been shocked myself at some of the comments. I do recommend that you have a look at the Stately Homes thread on the Relationships board, you'll get a lot more support there, it's a safe place to vent for those of us who have toxic families. Thanks

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