Question Posted Wednesday January 31 2007, 8:20 pm
My mom and Dad hate each other. My Dad is an ass and my mom always complain that I am just like him just because I agree with what he says. And it isn't because of any reason I just think that his ideas are smarter then hers. Like for example: i was doing my homework and i didn't know this answer so she said to just ask the teacher and he'll give me all the answers but my dad said I should look at the answers at the back of the book cuz then I'd try and see how i got the answers and then I'd get it. And then she told the whole family (aunts, everyone) that I like Dad more then her and now everyone hates me because I like my dad more then her and it's not even true! And she asked me to fix the remote but I said I didn't know how and I meant it and she yelled back, YOUR JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER! God! someone help me feel better because she's a bitch but I always cry and get depressed.
Sounds like you Mother has issues with your father and she cannot find a non-harmful way to vent them. Have you tried talking to her sometime about them. I know most parents don't want to share there problems with there children but, she already is and not in a good way.
You have to be patient and pick your words carefully. Some times it is better to stay quiet and pick your battles.
God willing, and with some prayer you can get through it.
Brandi_S answered Friday February 2 2007, 12:47 am: On your mother's behalf, the teacher can SHOW you how to get the right answers. Their job is to teach you. Looking up the answers in the back of the book isn't always the best way to learn something.
However, I think you need to have a serious heart to heart with your mom. She needs to understand that she is cutting you down and making you feel bad. Mothers should never be that way to their children, if you ask me. And deliberately making your family upset with you is not good at all.
You have to tell her how you feel and how she makes you feel. Let her know she makes you cry and get depressed. Let her know that these strange ideas she has that you like your dad more are foolish ones. Let her know that you feel she is out to turn your family against you.
If it doesn't change how she acts, at least you may feel a lot better knowing that you got it off of your chest and knowing she realizes how she makes you feel when she acts that way. [ Brandi_S's advice column | Ask Brandi_S A Question ]
the_sweeter_heart answered Wednesday January 31 2007, 9:36 pm: Isn't your mother the ass? Looks like it.
Tell your Mom how you feel of course! Write it in a letter, e-mail it to her, or just talk nto her face-to-face. Tell her what you told us. "Mom, you're starting to be really irritating to me. Aren't you supposed to be the mature one? Because you're not doing a very good job of being a mother to me. I love you as a Mom, and I love Dad too, equally. It's just that I agree with him because he has better ideas than you. I think I know about who I like better than you do. Also, if you seriously think I like Dad better, this is the wrong way to handle it. By acting like this, it's getting me to think if Dad is a better person. Only because you're acting like a drama queen about it. If you want me to like you two the same, which I do already but, treat me better. You make me cry and don't comfort me about it. You make me depressed about something untrue. I'd like to know what kind of Mom treats her kid this way." Do something like that. Take it and make it nastier (not too nasty or you'll be digging your own grave!) or sweeter (not too sweet or she won't get how much of a bitch she;s being to you!)
And be calm about it. If you're going to talk face-to-face, cross your arms to show her you won't back down and look her straight in the eye, but don't give an attitude or it'll give her the message of, "I'm asking fcor trouble." You have to tell her as her daughter about what a bad Mom she;s being.
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