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I don't. So will not be sending her anything for mother's day.
How is your relationship with your mum?
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If you don't mind me asking, why don't you get along?? And have you both tried to work out any of your issues?
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I am mostly a daddy's girl, but my mum never did anything bad to me for me to hate her. Before my father passed away, i mostly just ignored her, not in a malicious way or anything like that. We were fine, but we never really had that strong bond that you would expect to have with your mum, but after dad passed away, she really made a big effort to talk to me and now i am actually quite gratefull to be this close to her now. I have found out that she is quite a remarkable woman, overall it has been positive and i am glad we both tried really hard to communicate.
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22-03-06, 01:39 PM
I get on very well with my mum. I suppose it helps that I am a spitting image of her. We look, talk, walk, smile, act and think exactly a like. It’s too freakish sometimes; we are even allergic to the same type of food and like/dislike the same kind of food. The only difference is that my mum is very patient, I am too to an extent unless it’s things I want (like shoes) then patience doesn’t even get a look in. Shame.
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22-03-06, 02:06 PM
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I don't. So will not be sending her anything for mother's day.
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I am mostly a daddy's girl, but my mum never did anything bad to me for me to hate her. Before my father passed away, i mostly just ignored her, not in a malicious way or anything like that. We were fine, but we never really had that strong bond that you would expect to have with your mum, but after dad passed away, she really made a big effort to talk to me and now i am actually quite gratefull to be this close to her now. I have found out that she is quite a remarkable woman, overall it has been positive and i am glad we both tried really hard to communicate.
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Iwon't be sending anything to my mum either. Abs it's really cool that your mum chose to talk to you.Ithink the difference is some parents don't see what they have done so won't tryto mend what they don't see as broken.
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Yu tink se me dun but me na dun!
"One of the heads of the beast seemed to have been fatally wounded, but the wound had healed. The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast".
Good News Bible. Rev. Ch.13 V.3
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22-03-06, 02:08 PM
I get along very well with my mom. It wasn't always this way. Like Mez, I'm more of a daddy's girl. My mom and I didn't have much in common when I was growing up. She's very religious and ultra conservative while I'm more free spirited like my father so I tended to avoid her like the plague. But the older I got, the more and more time I ended up spending with her. I don't know how exactly it happened but towards the summer of grade 8 I started seeing her in whole new light. I realized that we had more in common than I thought. I saw that she could actually be quite spontaneous and funny.I guess I just needed to give her more of a chance. Now I talk to her on the phone every night, we go shopping and have lunchestogether,and I can't wait tobackhome to see her. I'm still really close to my father too so it's perfect. niceone.gif
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22-03-06, 02:27 PM
I have a fantastic relationship with my mumsy. She's deffinately my best friend and I'm very proud to say that 
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I'm sorry to hear that Athaba.....unfortunately, like you say,some parentscan be just too arrogant toadmitt their wrong doing.I think i must applaud my ma for trying her best, but i also believe it goes both ways.....i alsodid/have done my part andi can't imagine how lonely it would be now ifwe were notthis close.
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22-03-06, 03:07 PM
Well I love my mother and even though she can get on my last nerve some times, i listen to my mother now because she gives the best advice on men and my career. It wasen't like that as a kid because I had to see things for myself but now that I'm grown I think she should have been more strict like I will be when I have kids. I realize alot of the qualities i bumped heads with my mother was usually the same ones in me.
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22-03-06, 03:32 PM
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I'm sorry to hear that Athaba.....unfortunately, like you say,some parentscan be just too arrogant toadmitt their wrong doing.I think i must applaud my ma for trying her best, but i also believe it goes both ways.....i alsodid/have done my part andi can't imagine how lonely it would be now ifwe were notthis close.
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"One of the heads of the beast seemed to have been fatally wounded, but the wound had healed. The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast".
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22-03-06, 03:57 PM
i was always Daddy's girl. but the older i get the closer i get to my mom. our closeness intensified when i moved away from home. now i am the one who calls her to say hi and talk. she is the first person i speak to about any decisions i wish to make. i admire her so much, she hasnt got a malicious bone in her body, always willing to help people and i am so proud of her.
she is the glue that holds our entire family together, even amongst her brothers and sisters, she is the one they come to..she knows everyones deepest secrets and keeps it to herself. with her skills she should take over the UN.
yogi, i dont know what has gone on with ur mother, but u will ever have one mother. even if it doesnt get resolved, make the effort to reach out to her..u may be suprised by the response u get.
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22-03-06, 04:06 PM
I wasn't always close to my Mum as I was the arrogant child who knew everything . However, in the last 15 years or so we've become very close.
My Mum isn't the easiest person to get on with, and she gets on my last nerve sometimes - I find myself not contradicting her if she says something out of order because I can't take the noise - but she's my Mum and the only one I have so I have to treasure her.
My Gran is very, very ill right now, and the prognosis isn't good at all, so I'm trying to be strong for my Mum for when the inevitable happens...
Actually, a bit of advice please. My son is due to be baptized next Sunday (2nd April), but what should I do if Nan goes before then? Shall I cancel? My sister says I should have him baptized as it's what Nan would've wanted (can't ask her as she doesn't recognise anyone now, but I know Sis is right), but I don't know if my Mum could take it.
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