Is my mum right or is she just being selfish?

The short story is I've got an 8 year old kid (yes I'm 22 you do the maths) and my parents have raised her since she was born. But we always agreed I'd have her back when I could. Well now I have a good job and a lot of savings and a two bedroom flat not far from my parents house but my mum doesn't want me to take her. She puts off the conversation and constantly says "you can have her when she turns 13". She thinks she's funny but seriously I just want her back now. She's my kid and I've worked hard to get to this point just so I can have her and be her mum but my mum won't even let me tell her I'm her real mum. I don't want to wait until she's older and I think it'd be easier for her to adjust now but my mum disagrees and now I don't know what I should do >_<

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SW-User

Ohhhhh, I babysat for a little girl who was raised by her grandma. She got pregnant at 13 and tried to care for her with her bf but after 6 months she ended up.alone and broke down, could not do it. That little angel knows though who is her grandma and who is her mother and I do believe that this is really important. I am glad that you got to tell her and that it went well 🤗

SophW77 · 26-30, F

@SW-User I think it's actually quite common! :) Thank you very much x I'm looking forward to the next few weeks :)