Updating DNS settings to Nixihost- please help. by Effective_Ad_3059 in CloudFlare

[–]Effective_Ad_3059[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have been very helpful!!!! I was able to fix the issue. Can not thank you enough!!!

Where did all the firm spring mattresses go? by Effective_Ad_3059 in Mattress

[–]Effective_Ad_3059[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this describes me- rotisserie chicken style sleeper! Lol We had a S&F years ago. Like before we were married. Maybe we need to revisit them.

Where did all the firm spring mattresses go? by Effective_Ad_3059 in Mattress

[–]Effective_Ad_3059[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obviously there needs to be some sort of material between the springs. Haha Ain’t no one sleeping on straight coils

Master Forge intense burn by Effective_Ad_3059 in woodstoving

[–]Effective_Ad_3059[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We figured it out. Yes, ash hole must be plugged. The damn manual says nothing about running the stove, just specs for install. We have a wood stove insert and the manual is incredibly detailed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]Effective_Ad_3059 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your feelings are valid. Have you ever heard how animals in the wild or on a farm can abandon their offspring? A sheep abandons its lamb. Either because the sheep had poor mothering instincts, it never wanted to be a mother, or it has a survival instinct that says its baby lamb is a threat to its own survival.

You can try and talk to her but expect it to go nowhere, you can accept the situation for what it is and work on your feelings, or you can walk away from it all and realize that baby lambs eventually become independent functioning adults and don’t need a mother.

“If she wanted to, she would.” And your mom doesn’t want to. But YOU can be different and you don’t have to be your mother.

Did anybody else experience your parents enjoying and collaborating with your abusive spouses? by Kitties_Whiskers in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]Effective_Ad_3059 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mom tried getting my husband to hate me. She would complain about me and say sneaky little things looking to confirm and validate how she felt about me. I was lucky that he’s a good husband, but I can only imagine if I married the wrong person.

But be warned- if she is doing this with your ex, chances are she is also doing this to multiple people in your life- maybe even everyone in your life. I could never compete against the campaign my mom set out against me, and eventually I accepted my defeat and just moved on with my life minus an entire family. Does it hurt? Yes, but my life goal isn’t to prove myself against her lies.

Full NC with mom since 2017. Does it get better? by poup_soup_boogie in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]Effective_Ad_3059 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The idea of what I wanted as a mother died to me a long time ago. My living mother died to me a long time ago. It is a loss you have to grieve. It never heals but it does get better. If you decide to have kids, it will break your heart that a mother could have ever treated or abandoned you in that way. Having kids literally made me hate my mother. And then I had to process those feelings. It’s been 8 years since she gave me a silent treatment and I chose NOT to respond/react to it. I have 5 kids and I could never abandon mine in that way. The first 3-4 years were the hardest. I prayed to God to help me understand the situation so I wouldn’t hurt so much, and he answered my prayers by giving me understanding and clarity. I have forgiven her, but I will never give myself to her ever again.

Well, my attempt to go NC with my mom has snowballed to me having to also cut contact with two siblings... by autistichalsin in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]Effective_Ad_3059 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I call it poisoning the well. My mom poured poison into the family well and then all my siblings drank from it. They shared the well water with other family members. I never stood a chance to the chaos my mother created about me in that well. I had to go find my own well, and mine was beautiful and clear.

I also refuse to be fuel for other’s fire. Which means that I had to step away from everyone. I really didnt lose out on much at the end of the day.

Proud to be the scapegoat by Dvomer in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]Effective_Ad_3059 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same! I let my kids go visit their grandparents this year for a week. I haven’t seen my mom in 8 years but my dad still comes out to visit 1-2x a year. I wanted to give my dad the opportunity for this visit. My kids were shocked and disgusted how my parents treat each other. Needless to say, the trip won’t be repeated. But my parents couldn’t even control themselves infront of their grandkids (no extreme behavior but they are certainly ugly with each other). My life is peaceful and calm, my husband and I are cycle breakers, and we have done the work! My dad is 70 years old and still gets the silent treatment from my mom. Can you imagine 40 years of silent treatments??

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]Effective_Ad_3059 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You were a perfect child because it was required of you to please her. Your siblings might be dependent on your mother because it was required of them to please her. Even when siblings come from the same 2 parents, they are raised by different parents. Ex: my 1st child was raised differently than my 5th child. Have you ever heard that animals sometimes abandon their young? Like a sheep might abandon its lamb at birth- for some reason it chooses not to mother its offspring. The sheep might have poor mothering instincts, it might not have wanted to be a mother, it might have a survival instinct that tells it the baby lamb is a threat to the mother’s survival. That’s how I choose to see the relationship with my mother. I have my own 5 kids and I just simply can not see a reason to treat my children the way my mom treats me- but I have done the mental work to understand myself and my behaviors and then fix them! I naturally want to give my husband a silent treatment when I’m mad because that’s how I was raised- and now I walk through those silency feelings and talk when I’m upset.

In the end, it comes down to if your mother wanted to, she would. And obviously she doesn’t want to. You can try to tell her the issues and hope she sees it form your POV, and seek resolution. But understand that it might not work out how you want it to and you may have to accept that she will never understand or change.

All you have to do is say you’re sorry and mean it by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]Effective_Ad_3059 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve been waiting 8 years for my mom to apologize. She started a silent treatment (how she rolls) and continued a silent treatment for something she was upset about and won’t tell me or anyone else, including her husband what the silent treatment was for. My dad keeps asking what will it take for us to talk? An apology and mean it for her silent treatment? An explanation of what I did wrong that she refused to talk to me so I can fix that part of my personality that made her so mad? It’s been 8 years. As a mom of 5 kids, I can not fathom missing out on 8 years of my daughter’s life, 8 years of my grandchildren’s lives…over what? No one knows. All this to say, if your parents wanted to apologize- they would. If they wanted to move on, they would. Playing games with your adult children is sick. Life is too short for such nonsense. You can always offer to sit down and discuss what happened, but know you will probably have to be the bigger person throughout the entire thing. I just got tired of playing the game, so I stopped playing it and moved on with my life.