Is it normal to hate my mother?

Well, I sort of hate my mother. I know that's pretty bad, but I do. She had me at a young age and initially blamed me for her lack of success. She wouldn't say anything when she was sober, but after alcohol she was much more open.

My Dad at the time had a baby, an unemployed wife, no college degree, and cancer. He was working 24/7 and even after he got better, he was determined to never allow himself to fall that low again. They had two more children, but he was either always at work or at nightschool. He would legitamately wake up, go to work, come home to eat dinner, and then go to school. My mom's mental health was horrid. She was always crying, she wasn't cleaning or cooking and dumped her responsibilities on me (who was only about 9 at the time). I watched her tie nooses or buy strange bottles of pills more times than I can count. I would always talk her out of it, but one time I couldn't and she had to go to a mental hospital for a week. Then she just left.

My dad had the same schedule, and now he was stuck with a 9 year old, 3 year old, and infant. I had to take care of them when he wasn't there. She came back after two years and apologized, which I believed stupidly. Then she would bring this dude around the house when my dad wasn't there, and they would go into the back room. I just thought they were friends. My dad asked one day, I told him, and she was furious at both of us. She then just sort of disappeared again and returned when I was thirteen. Now she tells everyone that he abused her (completely untrue).

She's still in the picture and she actually tries to be a good parent now. I just don't trust her or feel any sadness to the misfortunes she faces. She's my mother but she acts like a child and I have to constantly care for her. It's frustrating.

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Comments ( 7 )
  • finn

    Stay away from her as much as possible. She'll take you down with her.

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  • Bighohnson

    Dont let her bring u down like that keep away and do u.

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  • xfg23

    You shouldn't choke her or push her down the stairs. Murder is illegal.

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  • RoseIsabella

    She sounds like an awful person.

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  • 09876543210

    Cut off all connections from her, if possible; remove her from the family registry and encourage your Dad to marry someone new if he still clings on to her. She's mentally sick, possessive, obsessive and a hypocrite that runs away the chance she gets backlash or confronted for her actions.

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    • cinderfloof

      I would, but I can't. Legally I still have to visit her every other week or my father gets in trouble. The last time they went to court, she cried and the judge took her side. Despite the evidence. Despite how at her house I was held at gunpoint by her landlord she refused to pay, despite how she'd leave me in an apartment with four young children and twenty dollars for a week at a time (yes. A 20 dollar food budget for five fucking people. 3 meals a day), despite how her house had strange men in and out of it, despite how she chose her boyfriend over us, despite how I'd have to miss months of school because she wouldn't take me.

      My dad tries, but whenever he gets with someone she starts bringing up legal bullshit out of spite. Dude's only forty but he has barely any freedom to actually date anyone before she intervenes. It's just, frustrating.

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      • 09876543210

        Stop visiting her, and go to court. Bring evidence with you; like tape her coming in with men, voice record her giving you money that isn't enough for five people, just try your best to get some evidence. And when she cries, you must cry too; even if it's fake and try to win the Judge's side in any possible way. She's playing dirty, will so are you. If nothing works, do like what xfg23 said and push her down a very long stair, there's a plan for that too if you wanna do it.

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