Is it normal to dislike my mum so much?

I don't think I hate my mum, I just dislike her a lot sometimes. Sometimes we get in quite well and act like friends but usually this is for an hour tops before she starts something off. She has depression and is a recovering heroine addict. She's not your typical junkie and up until a few years ago she was a good mum. But the past few years we've grown apart, she's had multiple scum bag boyfriends living with us who she's known a matter of weeks. She's been to rehab twice and always tells me how awful my granddad was when she was young. I'm really close with him and I don't know where either of is would be without him. I think she's deluded with a lot of her memories. She always puts down what I do. She says she can do it better, or I'm not doing it right. E.g the other day I was holding my friends baby, I'm not a mother I am 18- I can hold a baby but like most people I'm slightly wary that I don't drop someone else's bundle of joy. She had to tell me how awkward i was being and how the baby knew. she always says how horrible I am, how I make her want to kill herself and how I don't help her out etc. funny thing is she's in bed for days on end or at rehab and I look after the house fine. Everyone I know thinks I'm nice just a normal person but she says I'm evil. I feel like I can't be angry at her for being an addict and for not having a job for years because of it and she puts pressure on me about bills etc. when my boyfriends round she plays us off each other and points out what I'm doing wrong to him (I don't do anything. We are very happy together) she says things like "you shouldn't jump when he says" when I stay over at his place. Whe starts arguments all the time and won't give in until I blow up. She's slapped me and not let me leave the house to avoid a row but I'm the one who's in the wrong always. She says things such as " you should see how people look at you when you speak to me" although everyone who knows Us both says she's very belligerent towards everyone. She forgets about all her sh***y choices and always tells me how bad a person I am. I just hate her half the time and I can't even begin to write down half the things she does.

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  • reminiscent

    Wow...I would tell you to leave that situation. I know your mom is having a hard time with her issue's but I also dont think you should allow anyone to drag you down. Sometimes you need to look after yourself she isn't your responsibility. ..maybe tell her if she does better you will let her back in your life...but id shake off all that extra weight if I was you.
    me and my bf HATE his mom... she is a horrible person. And we dont do shit for her.

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    • ppowell1

      This isn't everthing! It's just so exasperating it's like she causes a huge argument and then tells everyone how hard done by she is! I'm not sure what it is with women- but the way she's going I wouldn't want my children around her when I have them. Thanks for letting me know I'm not just being evil!!

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      • reminiscent

        You are not evil you are being mistreated.
        I have a kid with my bf...and his mom has been after her since she was born...and always trying to start shit. Like when me an my bf w ernt living together because he couldn't afford rent and a car payment his mom would tell him to leave me and take our daughter. And she tries to send me away all the time... a few times when my bf went out with friends she said "how do you know he isn't cheating on you." Like always trying to break us up or something...but we dont fall for it we know her game. My bf told me its because she is jealous.
        Maybe your mom is jealous?

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  • RoseIsabella

    Move out as soon as you can and preferably without warning.
    ;-)

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  • at least you can see it and you will recognize it in others when you move away , stay clear

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  • dasugaknows

    My friend's mom is an recovered alcoholic and a current gambling addict and she is the exact same way! Always yells at my friend and hits her (she's 28). She always takes more than half her paycheck to pay for their rent even though she works too but she just wants more money for gambling and to pay for a luxurious lifestyle that she can far from afford. When my friend wants to spend time with her bf of 3 years she always guilts her saying how dare her spend time with her bf and not her. Are you kidding? Shes 28!

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    • ppowell1

      That's what I get. A guilt trip!!! I spend a lot of time at home- I live with my mum. Addicts are always making excuses for their actions, she's actually told me that it's not a bad thing? She's always pushing blame onto everyone else and she's never in the wrong. I hate it because I know deep down she's a nice person. But she's not that anymore and it's such an unacceptable thing to distance yourself from your mother , yet if it was anyone else heroin addiction would be a complete cut off point

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  • ppowell1

    I think so she got really jealous when I was going to apply to an estate agency job and she's jealous of how close I am with her dad. He pays everything that parents should pay, because mine don't. If he didn't buy my clothes I wouldn't have any- I think she hates that. But he pays her mortgage? I think my mum and your bf mum are insecure but it makes them quite nasty

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    • reminiscent

      *nods* true

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