What to do with a critical Mother?
By thewriter
@thewriter (198)
June 13, 2008 6:28am CST
After making an exciting purchase of an ornamental doll at a bargain price yesterday I asked my Mother's opnion of the said doll. She reacted by saying in an abrupt manner; "not allot". This caused an angry reaction by me.
Was my Mother being vindictive? Could she have been more diplomatic? By the way my Mother is 70 years old.
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@chirantani (1379)
• India
13 Jun 08
If I be in your situation,I will ignore it.I will try to adjust all those reacts,and hence compromise with her. I try to maintain a pleasant relationship with her,afterall she is my mother.
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@jillbeth (2705)
• United States
13 Jun 08
Yes, she could have been more diplomatic, but maybe she was just upsset about something else at the time which caused her to react abruptly. If she is like this most or all of the time, I think I would just stop asking her opinion! We all want mom's approval, but we don't need to base our own self-worth on it. If you like something that she doesn't, just chalk it up to different tastes.
@thewriter (198)
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13 Jun 08
Thank you for the advice. My Mother has always been what I perceive as cruel. For example, when I was a child she banged a brush accross my leg, which brokre in half just becase I was being annoying. Retriospectivley I think she was tense as she was gampling; i.e. playing cards with my cousins for money. My Mother is a gambler. She used to play bingo, but now it's the National Lottery, scratch cards. But she never causes financial hardship to the family and has curbed her addiction by watching all gampling TV shows and sports instead. I hate gampling.
