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<blockquote data-quote="lovemysons" data-source="post: 443085" data-attributes="member: 3305"><p>Ya know I have absolutely NO problem with any mom or dad that gets satisfaction from a "job outside of home". I just wish my mom could be satisfied with where I'm at...what I did with MY life. </p><p></p><p>Lisa, </p><p>Like you all I wanted was what I couldn't/didn't have growing up. I had no dad and no brothers or sisters that I was raised with and my mom loved to move. And I mean we moved ALL the time...went to at least 10 different schools by the time I was in the 9th grade. I also had anxiety problems as well as undxd Bipolar disorder and addiction issues. </p><p></p><p>My mom did the best she could...but honestly I was raised by babysitters or by myself. I think I started walking home and being alone after school by 2nd grade. So there was no one there for me growing up...the only rooted "family" I had was my aunt uncle and cousins who lived on a farm in Oklahoma. I am especially close to my aunt and she, unlike my mom, chose to stay at home and raise her children. </p><p></p><p>My mom and I are just not cut from the same cloth. Ya know, come to think of it, my mom is not easily satisfied with ANYTHING in her life. I don't know that it is just me that isn't good enough. </p><p>She is a perfectionist and has a showroom home. She is fairly superficial too and gets her nails, hair, cosmetic surgery done etc. She is an Awesome friend...just??? She is a "great" grandmother but rarely sees them. I love her...I accept our differences...I only wish she would accept me "As Is" ya know. It is somewhat painful to feel like a disappointment or letdown for my mother. </p><p></p><p>As far as "Acing" the job of motherhood, well, hmmmm, I don't know that that the case Lisa. But, I do know I have given the job of motherhood everything I had and more along the way. I have never and will never give up on any of my kids. I have even "fostered" if you will several other kids along the way that were not mine but that have become part of our family. We have 2 young adults that are not ours living with husband and I at present. </p><p>LMS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovemysons, post: 443085, member: 3305"] Ya know I have absolutely NO problem with any mom or dad that gets satisfaction from a "job outside of home". I just wish my mom could be satisfied with where I'm at...what I did with MY life. Lisa, Like you all I wanted was what I couldn't/didn't have growing up. I had no dad and no brothers or sisters that I was raised with and my mom loved to move. And I mean we moved ALL the time...went to at least 10 different schools by the time I was in the 9th grade. I also had anxiety problems as well as undxd Bipolar disorder and addiction issues. My mom did the best she could...but honestly I was raised by babysitters or by myself. I think I started walking home and being alone after school by 2nd grade. So there was no one there for me growing up...the only rooted "family" I had was my aunt uncle and cousins who lived on a farm in Oklahoma. I am especially close to my aunt and she, unlike my mom, chose to stay at home and raise her children. My mom and I are just not cut from the same cloth. Ya know, come to think of it, my mom is not easily satisfied with ANYTHING in her life. I don't know that it is just me that isn't good enough. She is a perfectionist and has a showroom home. She is fairly superficial too and gets her nails, hair, cosmetic surgery done etc. She is an Awesome friend...just??? She is a "great" grandmother but rarely sees them. I love her...I accept our differences...I only wish she would accept me "As Is" ya know. It is somewhat painful to feel like a disappointment or letdown for my mother. As far as "Acing" the job of motherhood, well, hmmmm, I don't know that that the case Lisa. But, I do know I have given the job of motherhood everything I had and more along the way. I have never and will never give up on any of my kids. I have even "fostered" if you will several other kids along the way that were not mine but that have become part of our family. We have 2 young adults that are not ours living with husband and I at present. LMS [/QUOTE]
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