hot take: moms need to learn how to listen to and comfort their daughters without making everything about their own traumas
a classic example
daughter: hey this thing you do bothers me very much and i wish you wouldn’t do it
mom: well my parents abused me and im not even as bad as they were and i had to sit through it so you gotta sit through whatever i do to you too
a common variant
mom: well i’m having a really hard time right now and you know that i’m doing my best and that i didn’t mean to hurt you ergo you are in fact the asshole for asking me to consider your feelings and change my behavior during this hard hard time i’m having
yo this also applies to mother-son relationships
And father son relationships!
And Father Daughter lmao
Dad: shoves me against the couch while I’m holding a fork
Mom: Well HIS dad used to throw him down the stairs you know
(but my mom was the queen of excuses)