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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 628814" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>She sounds similar to my mother, apart from the drinking, but my mother has other issues including borderline personality disorder. She is nasty, manipulative and jealous. She also still drives and shouldn't. I also think things with my mother won't end well. My brother has had nothing to do with her for years. He has completely detached from her. He says she's earned the right to be alone. It's a good conclusion and I agree with him. There's nothing about her that will change now. She's 82. I still visit once a month or so, but I leave as soon as she starts getting nasty. I wouldn't attempt to do anything. If she's anything like my mother you would just be on the receiving end of recriminations, accusations and spite. I wish I had a loving mother that I cared about, but I haven't and I've just accepted that. She has had nothing to do with any of my children for 20 years and more. Her choice. I've survived 52 years of a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship, I'm on the home stretch now. I'm sorry for your pain and worry, but I think maybe you should let it go and focus on yourself and how you are coping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 628814, member: 17650"] She sounds similar to my mother, apart from the drinking, but my mother has other issues including borderline personality disorder. She is nasty, manipulative and jealous. She also still drives and shouldn't. I also think things with my mother won't end well. My brother has had nothing to do with her for years. He has completely detached from her. He says she's earned the right to be alone. It's a good conclusion and I agree with him. There's nothing about her that will change now. She's 82. I still visit once a month or so, but I leave as soon as she starts getting nasty. I wouldn't attempt to do anything. If she's anything like my mother you would just be on the receiving end of recriminations, accusations and spite. I wish I had a loving mother that I cared about, but I haven't and I've just accepted that. She has had nothing to do with any of my children for 20 years and more. Her choice. I've survived 52 years of a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship, I'm on the home stretch now. I'm sorry for your pain and worry, but I think maybe you should let it go and focus on yourself and how you are coping. [/QUOTE]
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