My partner got a job at a haircutting chain! After a few months of working at a salon where she couldn’t find clients, having a stable scheduled gig for haircutting is a HUGE deal for her. I’m so proud 🥰🥰
For me, I started talking to my mother again. She called me recently on my birthday to reconnect and it was wonderful. After over a year of no contact I’m just so thrilled to have my mother in my life again. It’s still tense as she learns to navigate my boundaries but she’s being receptive instead of combative this time.
The big one is that I need her to respect me as an adult. The parenting stopped when I was 13 and picked back up again after my first marriage 8 years ago and the relationship has been tense since then.
As long as she can accept that I’ve grown and blossomed into a fully fledged adult and treat me as such, I’m happy. I just don’t want all my life choices questioned by someone who can’t physically see the material conditions I’m in to lead to such choices (we have about 2000 miles between us).
My partner got a job at a haircutting chain! After a few months of working at a salon where she couldn’t find clients, having a stable scheduled gig for haircutting is a HUGE deal for her. I’m so proud 🥰🥰
For me, I started talking to my mother again. She called me recently on my birthday to reconnect and it was wonderful. After over a year of no contact I’m just so thrilled to have my mother in my life again. It’s still tense as she learns to navigate my boundaries but she’s being receptive instead of combative this time.
That’s huge Arson! Mothers are key figures and it’s tense but hopeful. What are you realistically hoping for?
The big one is that I need her to respect me as an adult. The parenting stopped when I was 13 and picked back up again after my first marriage 8 years ago and the relationship has been tense since then.
As long as she can accept that I’ve grown and blossomed into a fully fledged adult and treat me as such, I’m happy. I just don’t want all my life choices questioned by someone who can’t physically see the material conditions I’m in to lead to such choices (we have about 2000 miles between us).