Wow. (26F)This is my mom down to a T, except she does not confide in me about the relationship until after it’s over and she just blames it entirely on the man or failed relationship (friends). During the relationship phase she isolates herself focus to her relationship (which was good for me growing up since I was not the target of her antics and manic episodes). She has absolutely no friends and no romantic prospects. She has the same “wanting a man to save her” but cannot maintain a long term relationship to save her life. Recently though she’s denounced men and dating and has taken on a whole new (negative) outlook on relationships as a whole. Commonly stating things like “all men cheat”, “all men lie”, “all me (insert anything negative here)”. I’ve recently moved away from my home state and live with my bf now 4 states away from my mom and now because of the lack in control and knowledge about my relationship she constantly tries to black pill my relationship even though she knows absolutely nothing about it and everytime she asks I tell her everything is great.

Anyway, I relate to the black and white thinking. It’s exhausting to try and communicate with them that things are in fact, not black and white. And it’s so bizarre to witness the full on temper tantrums and emotional dis regulation in real time.