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Originally Posted by Adam
My mom personally feels that motherhood is not the highest calling for a woman. She wishes she had been a man. She is a staunch believer in abortion, having had one herself. She will tear you a new one if you ever challenge her on it. She has abused alcohol, drugs, cursed and swore, very arrogant, heady, high-minded, interrupts conversations, I could go on. She despises church going people. Yet, despite all this, I consider her my best friend because I can talk to her about anything. And, when my dad died when I was 12 and it was just her and me, she didn't abandon me. She never spanked me, and kept my father from spanking me as well. We always talked through everything. She's a character, read every book in the library, deaf as a board, loved by many. I'm fairly certain, though, that she wishes she could have had a fulfilling career, instead of being "pushed" by her parents into motherhood, and not encouraged to get an education.
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Thanks for taking the time to respond Adam.
In essence from what you've said, your mother feels that her lack of education caused her to miss out on good things in life, and the fact that her life wasn't so great was in part was because she felt she was "pushed" to choose motherhood over having an education.
I can see the struggle she must have had when your dad died, and then having to be the breadwinner, on top of the fact that she didn't have an education. It must have been very hard. Give your mother as much love and respect as you can, because she did the best she could under the circumstances. It does sound as though you have a working relationship, and that is wonderful.
Adam, how do you feel about motherhood? Do you feel it is a woman's highest calling, or do you feel it is okay to put a career/education/job ahead of family?
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