When you fight with your mom, how long does the fight last?
By Lxandra79
@Lxandra79 (1535)
United States
May 25, 2010 2:49pm CST
When my mom and I fight, we exchange words that we don't mean, and it lasts for a couple of days.
Now that I don't live with her no more its sad, because when we did live together we fought and we made up the next hour or the next day.
But now that I don't live with her, we don't call each other for days, and its really sad, I cant be mad at my mom for such a long time :(
Do you hate it when you fight with your mom?
How long does the fight last?
Do you feel bad after the fight?
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16 responses
@Rysonia (310)
• United States
26 May 10
I always detest when my Mother and I fight. It never lasts longer then a few minutes, I go out for a smoke and then irregardless of whose fault it was I always apologize and tell her I love her. It never fails even if she has started the fight that she is crying while I am smoking, but I need the few minutes to be able to take that step and reach out to her.
@Rysonia (310)
• United States
27 May 10
I can not for the life of me understand why even when she instigates the fight she always is the one who is doing the crying. I have sworn to myself that I am not going to ever pull such stunts on my daughter when she grows up. I swear that is the worst kind of emotional manipulation known to womanhood.
@amelly (1554)
• Malaysia
26 May 10
i just fought with my mum last monday..i hate it everytime i had to fight against her words..she is bloody persistant and so do i..i think i took after her..well it doesn't last long..only for few hours and i do felt bad after that..i don't know when we will understand each other like my aunt understand me.
@Lxandra79 (1535)
• United States
26 May 10
I see your 17, so its hard right now between you and your mom.
Trust me It will get better once you start getting better once
you get a bit older, you would go every where with your mom.
Also when you have kids, you will understand where she's
coming from.
@dreamsharmin (2281)
• China
20 Mar 11
Usually i don't fight with my mothers. As after fight with my mom i do feel bad.I really feel that i have done very big sin and can't forgive my self. So it doesn't last for long time. It could be less then one days.As i do love my mom very much so can't stay without talking with her.
Good day!
@lucyland (54)
• Canada
25 May 10
:) Everyone hates when they fight their Mom. My mother and I fight horribly, but we do recover, usually at the same time. And I found when I moved away, I'd always have to call her first to smooth things over. But the fights take longer to recover from. Depending on the fight, small one are about a week or less, large ones are up to a month, and if its something Mom refuses to work with, longer.
I talked to a priest about it once, and yeah I know the stigma, but there was very reasonable advice: he said as we get older, we switch roles with our parents, it becomes our job to take care of them. So we have to take the high road a lot more, we have to tell them what they want to hear more, treat them more and more like children, ironically. So, I'd advise to just take the high road. I've seen relatives refuse to do this, and it has hurt them more than anything else.
@Lxandra79 (1535)
• United States
25 May 10
Yes, your priest is right of course!
when i was younger we used to get in fights!
But when your young you really dont care about anyone (atleast I didnt) and I didnt care if my mom got hurt, now that im older, and I have my own children, I care more than anything about my mother, try not to get into fights, because I know it hurts when my 10 year old gets mad at me .
@lucyland (54)
• Canada
25 May 10
Yeah, I know. It does hurt both ways. My Mom is incredibly religious and some things....sadly just have to agree to disagree. But she hates this. Luckily, it means the subjects to avoid have got a bit easier to sense. I hope your mother gets better about the whole thing. I'm sure she will. I wouldn't worry about it taking a bit longer. At least in our family, the older everyone got, the longer it took them to get over things.
But it's obvious you love your mother a lot and she can tell. *hugs*
@tusharpanda38 (2)
• India
26 May 10
i never fight with my mother .
sometimes i argue .
yet i love her very much.
@Lxandra79 (1535)
• United States
26 May 10
Fighting means like a rough arguement, I dont think anyone in here will FIGHT as in hands on their mom, most deff not!
@bkrm_gupt (219)
• India
29 Jul 10
Wow!No one is against our parents.so i never fought with my mother sometime i argue yet i love her very much..........
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
26 May 10
Hi Lxandra,
All 4 of my daughters and I were a bit testy throughout their teen years. It's tough with all the changes they are going through both physically and emotionally. It's a trying time for both parent and teen I think. I do have to say though that our arguments generally didn't last for more than an hour or so. Once they moved out and on their own, arguments are really really rare. We are very close. I don't always talk to them every day but we do talk frequently. It sounds like you are missing your mother a lot. Maybe you should go visit her and maybe go out for lunch or coffee or something.
@SunnyBuddy (443)
• India
26 May 10
WHen my mom is upset with me she would yell at me from anywhere between one to two hours. I and my om dont talk much and if there is anything they want to differ with me it take s a good two hours for the duscussion to end.
I remain silent the whole tme and keep my words to the minimum that way i could come out of their room and the fight quicker!
@englishgal (51)
• Philippines
27 May 10
I do hate when i fought with my mom. Every child does. I do says words that will really hurts her feelings. I think everyone could say such words when they are angry. But at the end you will just feel guilty, and even asked yourself why did you say such words. My fight with her will not really take that long, it just take few minutes. We forgive each other and forget what we fought about.
@1anurag1 (3576)
• India
26 May 10
My answer is rarely. I have arguments many times with my mom, but i don’t fight with her. She is so sweet really. May be she is wrong some time. But she never thinks bad for her child. Yes she will never.
And i would suggest you that only your parents are the real well-wisher of yours and no body, never hurt them. Try to bring smile on their face and you will feel a new happiness.
@blackflorinel (475)
• Romania
26 May 10
i fight with my mom every time i dont like something but the madnes dosent last much only a couple of houars after wich everything is back to normal just like nothing ever hapend
@elvieb02 (695)
• Philippines
26 May 10
I don't get the chance to fight with my mom because we life miles apart so when we call or see each other, we just update each others lives and roam around. we sometimes have arguments but not fights. when i was younger, i sometimes have some concerns about her but i just keep it to myself.
@asmd1990 (29)
• United States
26 May 10
I had a fight with my mom last week and it was just horrible. We totally have different personalities so we fight alot. Its always a verbal fight. I don't really trust her needless to say because she doesn't act like a mom or treat me like a daughter. And when we do fight she says some really horrible things. It makes me sad but I don't think i'll ever have a good relationship with my mom. Because the change needs to come from her
@aquiah (79)
• Philippines
26 May 10
when me and my mom fight,it only last for about a few minutes before one of us speaks up. We cannot stand not talking to each other, especially if we know that we fought over petty things=) But most of the time, its my mother who always speak to me first. I also feel bad when we fight, but I am always assured that my mom loves me and won't risk not talking to me for a long time.
@cheatedaphrodite (810)
• Philippines
25 May 10
When I was in my college years, we used to have heated discussions with my mom which last for days but not for weeks and I know it's all my fault since I wanted to decide for my own which my mom doesn't want. She always treats me like a baby though I am already grown up and I hated her because of this.
Now that I am leaving on my own, I realized how important is her presence and damn I miss her most of the time but I always make a point to give her a call always. Sometimes I feel guilty but at least I learned from it. I also learned to say sorry and I know that no matter how bad I would turn out to be, I believe she will be the only one who will stand and say that I am not bad at all.