I'm feeling really confused about my 20 yr-old son...we were absolutely as close as a mother and son could possibly be, until he was about 13...and it was all downhill from there. I know that it's not unusual, but it coincided with my falling apart, so I always think it was me. Then he just became more and more inconsiderate with me...saying mean little things to me - and I couldn't discipline him because of the way the custody schedule was set up.
I've been so very sad about how awkward he seems to feel around me, and the things he says and does that make me think he really did mean it, when almost 2 years ago, he said he didn't love me anymore. It has made me cry so many times.
But tonight, I'm not crying about it. I just feel a little flat and cold and expressionless about it...which is AWFUL. But oddly, not as bad as the crying and the feeling of my chest just caving in. I miss how he was when he was a little boy and I was "the most beautiful mommy in the whole wide world". He definitely doesn't think that anymore, but I'd settle for "a half-decent woman who I sure as hell did not breast-feed from"! :eek: