My mum is a lovely woman, she really cares for me and helps a lot with my child as well.
i sometimes feel resentful thinking back on when I was younger as I think she found it hard to truely conduct with her children emotionally, as in we knew she loved us but couldn’t always share what was going on in friendships/relationships. This was partly because she was quite strict so if I shared things about boyfriends she would have disapproved. If if there was an issue in a friendship as I got older she would have focussed on something else int he story (I.e if I was at a club or party even if I was over 18)
recently I have got thinking 2 things- it may seem obvious but she won’t always be around. I’d love to spend more time with her and genuinely try to be closer and the second was that my mum feels about me how I feel about my son, which really never crossed my mind.
has anyone successfully grown this relationship as they have got older?