How Many of You Girls/Women Get along with your mothers?

How many of you get along with your mothers?
What is it that you do not see eye-to eye- on?
Is she accepting of you as an Individual?


My mom complains that I don't wear a bra so she gives me grief on that. She thinks it is inappopriate for me to not do so. She also thinks I should be more
conservative (eewwwwWW!!!) in my appearance.

Dare to Share.

 

I'm more conservative then my mother is and we get along great. We didn't always but for the past couple of years we've had the best relationship.

 

My mom and I have always gotten along well. She's really laid back and she's a wonderful person. She is literally the kindest person I've ever known and she still does alot for me..I love her. She is very excepting of who I am. The only thing we really don't see eye to eye on (and will actually argue about) is religion. She has her thing and even though she doesnt admit it, she gets very defensive whenever I say anything that isn't positive about it, and then it turns into an arguement. But there are alot of things I do that she doesn't always understand well, but she trys and doesn't pass judgement. She's awesome.

 

my mom is my absolute best friend. I love her and i miss her a lot. I can't wait until I can see her again.

 

My mom and I have a great relationship. When I go home for weekends she and I always find time to hang out and go shopping, or have lunch, or even just sit and hang out. Sometimes we get a little stressed at eachother (there's some family issues contributing to that) but we honestly do have a really good time together.

 

Well, we have many differences, but we understand eachother very well and we have a very nice relationship... sometimes we argue, sometimes we don't...I love her the way she is, she loves me the way I am... so she's my mother and she's a wonderful human being!

 

My mother and I get along. We've been through so much together, and we basically grew up together. She was 17 when she got pregnant with me, 18 when she had me. We've been through abuse, homelessness, poverty....and now all the good things in life, like buying a house, university...peaceful existences

We don't agree. Telling her I was agnostic got almost the same reaction as some people expect when they tell their parents that they are gay! She cried. We don't see eye to eye on politics, her being a republican and myself being a crazy liberal.

But I do know that I DONT know everything. When I was raising my god-daughter, I asked for her advice everytime the baby even made a small noise. The knowledge that woman had about babies blew my mind!

I do miss my mom...and I can't wait to see her...Even though I know, because we are like sisters, once I spend 5 minutes with her, I'm going to hate being around her...hehehe

 

My mom and I haven't always had the closest relationship, and sometimes we're still at odds with each other, but I think I'm beginning to see more to her than I've seen before. She's a very private person...she doesn't open up a lot, so it's hard sometimes because I know she keeps a lot inside of her and that makes her seem cold sometimes. She's opened up a lot to me recently, though...she went through a really hard time, and I think I'm probably her best friend. I love her a lot. Sometimes I wish she could be a little different in her ways and more real, but I know she tries her best, and she's a good person.

 

My mother and I get along as long as we aren't living in the same house. She is a wonderful woman, and I love her with all my heart, but our personalities clash.

 

Ever since I went away to college we've gotten along great lol. In highschool my dad was my best friend, and me and mom were always fighting about something. But now I get along with both of them. Even when we start talking politics and such, which we don't agree on at all because they're conservative mostly, and I'm so not. But I love my mom to death now. I mean, I loved her before, but I appreciate her more now. And we call each other all the time now and talk like best friends . She still annoys me sometimes, like when she starts bugging me about school and such...but we don't really fight all that much anymore

 

lol, sounds exactly like my relationship with my parents =P

 

My mom and I get along great, especially since I moved out, and then back in, lol. I don't know how many of you have seen Gilmore Girls, but we're kindof like that... minus the excessive cuteness. But she's definately the teenager in the relationship.

She raised me pretty much by herself, and I think she's done a bloody good job. One of the things she really tried to teach me was independence, and it's just.... ah, she blows my mind with how amazing she can be. Of course, she's human and does stupid things from time to time, but otherwise she's great (she also buys me alcohol from time to time, which is always nice)

 

Thank you everyone for your comments and experiences.
My mom is a good mom and always has been. She did the best she could with me and always has.
She does nag about select things- I.E. the ones I mentioned. Regardless,We get along well as long as we don't talk politics or religion. I respect her for who she is. She is a kind and loving mother and thoughtful woman who is a great cook. She is just trying to get through menopause like any other gal!

 

My mother and I get along well enough. She's a devoted follow, while I can be a sulky independent. She's the kind of person you want behind you. In some ways we're a lot alike: generous to a fault, love animals, etc. I understand now I can't force her into being as loud and boisterous as me, and that's alright. We do our own thing and we're content.

 

my mom and i get along pretty well.. we do argue from time to time.. and i dont feel espesically (sp?) close to her- she never gave me the "sex" talk or talked about boyfriends, or periods, and stuff.. i think she's sorta uncomfortable about that stuff... but i like her so much... she's really quite liberal in letting me go out and do stuff... she knows i like to have a good time... which is good. she's also ALWAYS willing to help me with pretty much anything... we fight sometimes, just like all mothers and daughters do.. but not real bad or anything.. i love her! (usually)... hah

 

I seem to be one of the only people here that doesn't have a good relationship with my mom. I suppose she's trying to do the best for me, but she puts a ton of pressure on me to do well in school and overachieve. Well, I would do that WITHOUT her constantly nagging me about it but she screams at me if I get less than a 95 on a report card, which is especially difficult to do in the classes that I'm taking.

In a way, she's trying to shield me from what she did in high school- smoking, sneaking out, drinking, etc by keeping me under lock and key. I have no problem telling my mom where I'm going and who I'm going to be with, but if my mom doesn't know even one of the people I plan on hanging out with then I'm not allowed to go. She also can be very verbally abusive when she wants something.

On a more positive note, she's always watched political TV with me and even took me as a 12 year old to Capitol Hill to protest Bush's installment. She also does alot to shield me from the wrath of my father.

I suppose when I'm older, I'll get along better with her. My family doesn't have a good history of parents so I can't expect much of mine.

 

I wish I had a mom... Sure, I have a biological mother, but she hasn't exactly done much of anything for me since she told my dad to take the kids or she would give them (us) up to the state when I was 4.

So my dad played the part of both mom & dad, & did the best job I could ever hope for. We have a good relationship -- more like friends, can talk about most things (certain things I'll discuss with "the girls" but not with my dad, obviously, tho I have no problem complaining to him about stuff like my period & cramps). He's an old hippy, further to the left politically than I am (and I'm no moderate!), and getting into Native American religions, so discussing religion & politics is no problem!

 

I wish I could say I have a great relationship with my mother.

My mother and I used to be great friends... before she befriended a woman who encouraged her to sleep with younger men/before she promised me she would keep a secret and ended up stabbing me in the back (several times)/before I realized she wants to live her life through me/before I realized MY happiness doesn't matter much....

As I got older, I noticed more and more that she wasn't home (she loved partying and clubbing and meeting other guys.. since my parents were going through a divorce). Then I noticed more and more that partying was more important to her than spending time with her two kids. So i saw less and less of her at home and I distanced myself from her. I couldn't talk to her. When I tried she'd ignore me or shrug me off or pretend she was listening ...

Today we don't talk because she has a problem with my boyfriend (she says he's not cute enough, nor rich enough... says he's lazy although he goes to college full time). I tell her I love him, she tells me I'm stupid. She thinks I'm "a loser"..

So yeah, I'm done letting her push me around so that I might live the life she wants me to and I'm not going to sacrifice my happiness anymore.


For those of you who have a great relationship with your mother.. I'm not sure you know how LUCKY you are.. but congrats and keep it up.

 

My mom is a very loving and affectionate woman, and I will always adore her for that. Regardless of the things about her that frustrate me, she is a good mother.

 

I find that, as we mature - so do our mothers. The same nagging that they express to us in our teen years is out of fear and not the same nagging they will practice for years to come. Once you get in your 20's mothers nag about new issues like- "When r U going to get married?,""Why are you moving so far away?"...Mothers do it because in their own way, they care and still treat us like 3 yr olds in some ways.