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> Putting dreams on permanent pause
My mother was living her dream galivanting all over the globe and even owning her own business
> Working jobs they didn’t love (and sometimes hated)
She loved her job so much she would constantly forget to pick me up from school and her job always came first.
> Bailing out adult kids financially—quietly
She gave me just below the bare minimum to eat after school
>Downscaling their own lifestyle
She lived like a queen, with a maid and still forced me to clean on the weekends
>Providing free childcare for grandkids
nope
>Moving or staying put for their kids’ sake
She constantly moved when ever she got bored. Lots so many great friends and connections
>Absorbing emotional stress without unloading it
She would make up shit to unload on me. She used to tell me how little money she had. She had a new car, buying saffron all the time and other luxuries. I found her bank statement once and she was far from broke. I think she just said that so she wouldn't buy me anything for Christmas and my birthday.
I feel like I was "raised" by a selfish demon.
funnily enough she took some magic mushrooms and has become a lot less horrible which I find very strange.