I Can’t Take My Mom’s Criticism Anymore
I’m a 39-year-old woman still living with my parents. I didn’t plan for it, but it happened. I’m a mom to five kids, each with a different dad. Their fathers only give me the bare minimum, and taking care of the kids takes up so much of my time that I can’t work. So, I have no choice but to stay at home. I’d love to move out, but I can’t afford it.
What I can’t deal with anymore is being in the family home. I just can’t live there. My mom’s constant criticism is unbearable. She tells me that at my age, she was already living with her husband and never gave birth at her parents’ house, that all her kids had the same father, that she worked hand in hand with her husband to give her children a decent life. That she was never a careless spender. That she worked hard to make sure we got a good education and went to the best schools. And here I am… I chose men instead.
She doesn’t want me in her house anymore. She wants me to leave. I can’t take it. It’s not like I’m in her way. On the contrary, I run the household, do everything in her house, and even take care of her husband better than she does. But she doesn’t miss an opportunity to insult me, put me down, and make it impossible for me to live in peace in my dad’s house—who has no problem with me. But his wife acts like I’m her rival.
I feel like people don’t talk enough about the frustration a mother can cause her own daughter. I don’t have the same opportunities she had. It’s a completely different time. So why keep reminding me that I’ve failed, just because I don’t work, I’m not married, or I live with her?
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