Mothering Sunday

My Mother not once told me she loved me, there was not one hug! It was a totally different case with my Brother who couldn’t do anything wrong. I got the impression she thought less of girls as they didn’t bring in as much money as the boys did with wages.

it's so sad to read some of these posts, my mother was very kind and loving, she would have given us her last,she died 30 years ago,and I think about her every day.
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Those who had a good relationship with their mother are very lucky. I was an only child, but by mother was unsupportive and always hypercritical.

Same here. I left home as soon as I could and never went back.

It was a shock for me when I had my own children and mixed with other young mums, and realised that not every mummy was cross with their children all the time!
I had to give myself a stiff talking to and make a conscious effort not to let history repeat itself.

Thankyou Kate , lovely of you to respond to my post, you too sound very grounded and calm, you have got through, well done, my lovely

I was lucky with having a good Mum. Yes, we argued but always forgot afterwards. Unfortunately, I have 3 nasty children. They were lovely children and I gave them as good a start to their lives as possible, but they have taken the ex and his family's traits. You can nurture, but it seems impossible to change nature.

My mum was lovely and I was very upset when she died. My dad did many many bad things to lots of people including me and I'm sure he had cleptomania as he stole from everyone. But I was inconsolable when he died because it meant the relationship I'd always wanted with him could now never be iyswim.

I realise while reading the posts how as older women we still carry the sadness about our childhoods and mothers . Even in older years the feelings are still raw . Just wanted to say a few words and not scroll by . So many sad stories . We are all mothers and grandmother's and full of so much love