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    This may seem all Dr. Phil and shit, but have you appealed to her emotion, since she's an emotional person? Have you told her how her talking you kids down makes you feel? Some of this behavior may be coming from how she was treated at your age. Maybe if she reconnects with how she felt then, she'll have more compassion for you now. Or maybe i'm just grasping at straws

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    • BTW, you are screwing up your brain by being here. We all arelocustsloth
    • I can't. I've tried most of this before and I'm tired of it. I will consider your advice, but I'm also not the type of person whoJaline
    • can easily connect with someone else genuinely. I'm emotionally distant in most of my relationships.Jaline
    • Thanks for your suggestions though.Jaline
    • i can tell you, from what i've heard my wife say, having a child, especially a daughter, be emotionally distant from their mother can be crushing for the momlocustsloth
    • mother can be crushing for the mom. This may differ from culture to culture, but it's something to think about. She may feel really alonelocustsloth
    • The sad (or good) part is that I will probably forgive everything tomorrow and move on (unless someone else brings it up first).Jaline
    • Not that that gives her the right to demean you, but emotional people don't do logical things.locustsloth
    • You know what though...part of it has to do with how close-minded she is. If she were more accepting of me, I'd be a bit more open.Jaline
    • open with her. I'm kind of like the black sheep in the family. More liberal.Jaline
    • Here's to hoping a good night's sleep fixes some of it or at least diminishes it's impactlocustsloth
    • So that negates most of the stuff we COULD even talk about. Any opinion that goes against hers = absolute shitJaline
    • I'm sure I'll be fine tomorrow. That's how some families work, I guess. It works against me being closer with her though.Jaline
    • One of my mom's friends stayed over last week and even told my mom that she should listen to her kids' opinions more.Jaline
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