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Is it just me or is this like this for a lot of you.

When I was a child I was the black sheep of the family. It was clear that mum and dad didn’t really want me there was never any love shown at all. I saw how my friends were treated and it was nothing like me. I I left home very young and went on the streets where I grew up very fast. Yes I done a lot of things that I am not proud of but you what you have to to survive. Now it feels like it’s all happening again with my family when my kids were little everything was good I was part of something and loved but now I’m feeling like I was when I was young. They have all grown up and left home and have family’s of their own. But now they talk to me unless they want something yet they talk to mum every day. Is this normal for most parents. I’m being to feel like I was as a child.
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Rickichickie · 61-69, F
If I feel neglected by my eldest, I reach out to him. He is just very busy with his job, partner and hobbies.
That's the way it is and hey, I'm the mom here but I don't fret over it.
Kids are often closer to their mums.
I always was close to mine but that's a different story. My father was a mean man...
Lostpoet · M
I wasn't the black sheep. I was the outside dog given food and water so I didn't die. The only time I ever got attention is when someone needed a babysitter, or money, or the garage needed to be cleaned out.
Too many questions have to be answered to try to figure that out.

Were you not very involved in their upbringing?

Did you leave their presence before the age of about 14?

Does the mother coddle and appease?

Does the mother hand out cash?

And perhaps others, however.. if you answered yes to any of the above questions, this just has to do with their personal choices and nothing to do with you being black sheep again.
YoMomma ·
Ay you feel neglected? 😬 sorry.. but do you make an effort to stay in contact with them?
Houdini · 56-60, M
@YoMomma yes I do. It’s them that only talk when they want something
YoMomma ·
@Houdini ok ☺
AbstractWave · 61-69, M
🙋‍♂

 
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