My mom and I have been butting heads since my Dad died 3 years ago. After he died, she gave me a journal she kept about every day he was in the hospital and what happened.
She talked about their life together on the night that he died. She mentioned that my sister smiled when she was a baby, my brother had dimples, and I was "the problem child".
It hurt me to read that because of the 3 of us, I have the most education, the best paying job, and a positive personality. I overcame alot of obstacles as the result of a stroke at birth, and have been quite successful in life.
What hurt me the most is that my dad had that image of me put in his head the night he died.
I know in my heart that Dad didnt share my mom's view of me, but it still hurts like hell. When I told my mom how it made me feel, she said "well you shouldn't have read the journal then" placing blame on me.
More of the same has happened since Dad died and I want her out of my life. Advice?? Can I divorce her and move on?
2006-10-11
23:12:37
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