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StrangeFruit,
It sounds as if your mother might be suffering from depression and holding some deep seeded resentments. Do you look like your father? Maybe she experienced a deep hurt and deals with it by surpressing all emotions. You said you are her only surviving child. Did other children die at birth or more recently?
Regardless what the Bible says about honoring your Father and Mother, you do need to tell her how you feel. This is a matter of generating respect between two adults and she needs to recognize you as such. If this does not work than you need to put some distance between you and she and work on repairing your own self esteem that can't help but be damaged by this situation. And I am telling you this from the perspective of the mother of a 32 year.
Good luck.
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Last edited by ladygreek; 12-03-2003 at 05:10 PM.
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