I don't get on with my mum. Parents got divorced when I was young and I was always used as an emotional weapon because I looked like my dad (so she told me).

She would tell people with glee about anything bad that happened to me, and I never did anything quite as well as my brother, who achieved nothing in life apart from running away from paying bills and any kind of responsibility.

It's a shame because she now has grandkids who see here the same way as me (kids are very good at spotting unreasonable behaviour) and don't want to visit here either.

She still writes me letters telling me how rotten I am, but never admitting that it's her bad behaviour that keeps us all away.

Still, got a great family now and she is the one losing out.
(plankton, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 7:58, Reply)