do you have a good relationship with your mom?

when I was about 8 years old my parents parted ways, so i grow up with my grand mother, I don't like both my parents, because of the situation that affected my own self. I grew up hating them for leaving us behind.. but ten years ago, my mother, give it a try and I give it a try too in communicating with each other.., we were together now for the past 5 years and we are happy and we have get to know each other better.. I thank and forgive her already..

I'm afraid my relationship with my mother is not as ideal as it is. I believe it was caused by a past situation. I am the eldest in a brood of 4. I know that my parents had a hard time dealing with 2 children within almost the same time. The age gap I have with my younger brother is only 11 months. Somehow, they really have to sacrifice being apart with the elder one. I experienced staying with my grandparents for a longer period of time or about 3 or 4 months when I was still 3 or 4 years. Then, when I started schooling, my parents decided to send me to the city, meaning I have to live with my aunt's family. The adjustment was really tough for me. And I was only 5 years old, mind you. It's hard to admit, even now that I am already married with one daughter, that I developed a negative sense of belongingness. Please don't get me wrong, I try to understand my parents' predicament at that time. I know they really love me, but sometimes, I still can see a bit of unfair treatment. I don't do anything about it. I brush off any sentimental thought whenever I begin to think about it. Now that I have a family of my own, I try my best to keep my family together, especially my child. Although it's really hard. Our daughter is with my mother now, because we can't find any relative to take care of her here in the city while my husband & I work. But we plan to save as much as we could, so that in the near future, we could fetch our daughter from my parents & spend our daily lives together - me, my husband, and our little princess.

I have a wonderful relationship wth my mom. She's my best frend, we have tons of fun together, and I can tell her anything! Can't get any better than that.

Sadly, I don’t! It is not that I haven’t tried to, it is because of the way she treats me and my kids! I am a single mom and in a way I feel that she treats me differently because of that! I have two brothers who all in all have ten kids, I am the only girl and have three kids. In our custom the man is supposed to provide everything fro his family, therefore my mom caters to my brothers and their wives! She can go all out for them and ignore me in the process. Most of the time she will buy their kids gifts but not buy for my children, I really don’t want to pin point what the issues are but I can say that she is completely unfair, when it comes down to me and my children! I have tried so hard to have a good relationship with her, but then often times I give up because it hurts too much to deal with! My brothers on the other hand, have a wonderful relationship with my mother. Truthfully, I don’t try anymore and I don’t let it get to me either, all I can do now id try and create a good relationship with my kids.

Sometimes I do, but you can agree that moms can be very difficult to deal with at times.

me and my mum are best at arms length and we will remain that way, i have had to learn to accept that she will never be any different and she is the way she is, but i will make sure that my daughter and i have a great relationship.

Things are pretty good between my mother and I. We have had our ups and downs, but we do ok as mother and daughter. I can't think of anyone I'd rather have as a mother, than the woman who is my mother. My sister and mother and I are very close. When I get married they will both be in my wedding party.

seriously, our relationship is not that good. yeah, it was a little nice, but not too much coz our attitude's really contrast. sometimes i just want to be really good and just stay quiet but i just can't help but feel irritated when she's always asking me everything about nonesense and she's so "makulet" aghhh! i don't get to decide for myself because she's always the one that wanted to decide for me. i dunno, maybe because i don't want someone pressuring me what to do, what to eat, what to wear, who to hang out with, where to go and stuffs because i do have my own mind.

I have a great relationship with my mother. She's more like a big sister to me than a mom these days! It feels so good that we can still spend time together now that I'm grown up and don't live at home anymore.