Qanda wrote:
That's horrible. No mother should ever say things about not wanting their children anymore. Is she going through relationship troubles with your father?
I agree with you, Qanda. It is very horrible.
And I must ask whether she is having some sort of personal problems herself. I say this because that happened to me when I was a kid. My mother was an alcoholic, had marital problems with my dad, was horribly depressed, and had a kid like me who was smart was a whip and challenged everything that did not seem right. She had very low self-esteem and was getting old and unattractive right at the time I was "blossoming" so to speak. And was very jealous of my relationship with my dad. I won't go into too much detail, but she was not very nice to me--at all. She favored my sister because my sister was so similar to her--looked like her, didn't get A's in school like I did, didn't challenge authority.
And, only now, being in my 40's, do I understand a little bit of what she was going through and have been actually able to forgive her for being so horrible to me.
Don't let your mom get you down. Realize that what she is going through may not have anything to do with you--and that she may be saying what she is saying to you just to get her frustration and anger out. Like the proverbial guy who comes home from a hard day of work with a boss yelling at him and kicks the dog instead of yelling back at his boss.
I would suggest talking to her, but if she refuses to listen (as my mom did with me), I suggest that you talk to an adult that you fully trust--teacher, aunt, older sister, grandmother--about it.
And, perhaps, you can talk with your dad in confidence about what is happening. I don't know her age, but I do know that all women go through hormonal changes at some point in time between the late thirties and early fifties. And, trust me, those changes can often make a woman feel like a time-bomb just waiting to go off. Particularly if they don't realize what is happening. If that is what is happening to your mom, you might want to get your dad (or perhaps another woman in the family that your mom is close to) to talk to her about it. There are many, many good medicines out there--regular and alternative--to help women through that phase in their life.
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