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Red Rabbit
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This seems to be a frivolous or petty and miniscule-like problem..

But it has bothered me ever since it happened.

See, I am attempting to curl my hair and improve my appearance, when my mom walks in and tells me that I am wasting my time. I can see this as being honest and truthful as she has already repeated retorted back to me saying the exact same thing.
Although that is the case, it has hurt my thoughts of my mom as someone who would actually care to leave me to be happy to try or do anything that I enjoy. I am sure I am over thinking this and taking it in the wrong standpoint, but I truly find that she does not care about me, and if I were to bring up this topic again to her, she would probably talk me down to agreeing with her because she says that when she tells me these kinds of things she means to give ‘good advice’. I don’t see it in that way, and the only reason I have attempted to give a care about how I look now is because of how better looking my mother and my friends are in comparison to me.

I want to get this straight and settle this argument with my mom.. But I want to understand why I feel like this too. It’s such a small inconsistent comment, so why does it bother me so much?

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lexihope offline Verified User (10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (42 minutes after post)

my mom does that too. said worse things. so has my dad. i pretend not to bug me but it does. if it helps. as time goes by. it bugs u less.

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Cell offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 45 #
Winnipeg, MB, CA | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (57 minutes after post)

She was mean - saying that wasn’t helpful.

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 28 minutes after post)

Wow, that’s a horrible thing to say. Parents are supposed to help build their children up. Next time she says that, ask her if everything you do is to no avail, what does she suggest?

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Red Rabbit offline Verified User (5 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 33 minutes after post)

Hmm, that would be a good confrontational start.. I did not mean to build her up to sound, she and I as not as close as I would have liked. I just would like her to understand how I felt without her having to explain the technical reason for why she thought she had to say what she did.

Argh I sound so confusing. x(

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