I have survived my trip to SC. My oldest son is with my parents for the summer and I have some peace.

I realized early on that my mother is determined to be miserable in her life and she wants me to be miserable about it as well. As soon as she started in on the annual "I hate your father" speech, I just tune out. When she finally stops bitching, I ask her the same question I always ask her: "If you are so unhappy, why do you stay?"

She never...

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Tomorrow I will get on the train to do my summer duty of delivering my firstborn to his beloved grandparents. If given the choice, he would happily abandon us to go live with them forever.

I have a strained relationship with my mother at best. I was not the daughter she expected me to be and she doesn't hesitate to let me know it every day. The love fest she shares with my son is quite irritating to me at times. I know that grandparents and grandchildren have a common enemy;...

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