Reply To: Baby Shower Advice

I am surprised you’ve been seeing a therapist for two years to learn skills to cope with your mother but you don’t seem to have any. If you are really seeing a therapist, you should stop seeing that one and look for a new one. Basic boundary setting is what you need. That’s not hard or weird for a therapist.

Narcissistic mothers, adult daughters. Mothers who can’t love. Children of emotionally immature parents. Those are all easily googleable. You really can’t half ass this or do it “nicely” so that your mother doesn’t get upset. Good luck with her, I would drop all the mother bullshit and focus on yourself as soon as you can because she will just keep sucking your attention away.