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Relationship with my mum(trigger warning)

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LovelyNanny26 · 13/03/2022 08:14

Hi Can someone please explain to me what's wrong with my relationship between me and my mum.I'm 35 mum of one and happily married.I also own my home and I have a pretty well paid job.On the surface I'm very happy but on the inside that's another story.I never got on with my really she at times could be loving but also aggressive if not to day violent.Never forget the moment she slapped me with a gym shoe to the point I nearly blacked out.She never had anything nice to say and calling her is an absolute chore.I also have two brothers but we never really speak and contact with my dad is nonexistent.He's a man of few words quite childish and was never around.You can almost say mum is a bully and tried to stop me from going back to work when my maternity finished but texting me nasty things.I can never post a picture on social media without being scrutinised such as a table full of food and vine doesn't necessary makes you an alcoholic.She has no friends either and never goes out.However my hatred towards her come from the fact that she didn't protect me when she should.I was sexually abused as a child by a family member.Hes still much around and participates in family gatherings.My mum found a letter(it was quite normal for her go through my stuff).Everything got swept under the carpet and we never spoke about it before.I was expected to be in his company at all times.I have also found my dirty from that period and I full of hatred towards my mum.I was quite shocked reading it.In the end I left home at the age of 19 and moved to England.Due to pandemic I have made to avoid seeing my parents for the last 2 years and they haven't seen my son and my son would like to see them.But I'm not convinced because it is normal and sweet for about 3 days and then everything about me and my job get scrutinised.It almost feels they're picking on you.I will also add that my husband comes from broken family so he's very hang up on the idea of perfect families especially when sees our friends with their families.Thqnk you for reading.

OP posts:
Ijsbear · 15/03/2022 09:26

You've done amazing work then with your kids to counteract ongoing cruel shit like that, Justilou.

OP its really really hard to be alone, just you and your husband as family, but its better than dealing with impossible people. Understand how desperately hard it is to just walk away though. A PP's suggestion of quietly spacing contact further apart is a good start. They will hate it if you say that you are ringing the week after, not this week but if you stay strong, in the end the storm will pass. Imagine yourself standing on a rock and the waves washing around you. They might go all the way over you, but they will pass and you will still be standing.

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