My mum has never really been very supportive, she's very old fashioned in the sense that she thinks people only go to college to avoid getting a job, school is a waste of time etc so naturally I didn't do very well as a teen, I was never encouraged with anything, I don't even think my mum knew when I was taking my GCSE's.
Anyway I'm 26 now, I'm a single mum to 2 children and I have decided that I'm not going to let a bad start influence my future so I've applied to the OU for a social work course. My aunt is hugely supportive as she was in the same position as me once and worked her way up through nursing. She recently said to me "you'll make it, I know you will...I can tell" and it meant the world to me.
Anyway my mum has been on holiday and has just phoned, I told her about the OU course and she changed the subject, I told her about my conversation with my aunt and she replied "oh yeah...but going back to.." and started going on about a previous subject. I then mentioned that my cousin has nearly finished his degree to which she replied "has he?? bloody hell..." and then went on to tell me about my sisters great exam results (only year 8 tests, not gsce).
It just seems that she's never interested in my quest to better myself, is anyone elses mum like this?