Is it normal to think i owe more to my father than my mother?

Each year around mothers day I listen to all the talk about how we owe so much to our mothers .. I can't help but to think my father did more to shape me into what I am today than my mother ever thought about doing. Don't get me wrong I love my mother, but appreciate and respect is harder to come by. I do believe she is certifiably insane, and I think my success has come despite her rather than because of her. I do think I owe alot to my father and appreciate everything he did for me and still does for me. I feel like my relationship with my mother is very one-sided, she only wants money etc from me and I can't count on her on those bad days when you just need someone to talk to.. But my father I can!
Is it normal to feel like I don't really owe anything to my mother?

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  • In your situation it is totally normal

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  • Same I feel like I owe my mother nothing because were not really close but me and my dad were always close he was the one who always talked to me, helped with school, and gave me money when I needed it and my mom sorta just cooks and likes to give me chores :\ but I still Gotta live mothers :D

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  • I have the dame problem with my mother. I had to raise her. She lives with me and I take good care of het. But I feel nothing .

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  • I totally understand and I guess in your instance can't blame you for the way you feel!! Not all mothers are like that so I guess that's the ones they are talking bout! So many mothers just don't take the title serious enough!!! Hang in there and learn from it , probably make you a better person!!

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