Comments on: Married to My Mother

By: Allison

Allison — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:51:37 +0000

I “married” my mother and tried to fix the past…..31 years of abusive “marriage.”

Then I “got” it, realizing I had “married” what I knew and tried to fix the past.

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By: PsychCentral

PsychCentral — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:50:50 +0000

Y Factor Blog: Married to My Mother: In a vain attempt to solve my parents’ marital problem.. http://bit.ly/1HXKti

By: TPG

TPG — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:18:53 +0000

Questions:

a. what happened to you and Russell?
b. was Russell a re-creation of a mother figure for you, and is that why you guys broke up?
c. what did you get out of providing the emotional support for your mother that your father didn’t give?
d. how did life get in the way of your parents continuing in therapy? If therapy had been working for them, wouldn’t they have continued to make it a priority?
e. Your mom and dad stayed married. Good thing or bad thing?

Can’t wait to read your responses. Your blog post was fascinating.