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Yeah, been in exactly that situation. by ambrosen (4.00 / 3) #4 Wed May 14, 2008 at 04:28:36 AM EST

Keep venting. Keep trying strategies. Keep remembering you're in the right.

Oh, and I recommend against the leaving town option. It sucks.

n.b. It's another member of family than my mum. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #12 Wed May 14, 2008 at 08:56:58 AM EST

Just in case I do ever talk about my parents enough that people realise it's inconsistent with the way I regard them.

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we're already in the process by StackyMcRacky (4.00 / 1) #23 Wed May 14, 2008 at 01:03:05 PM EST

of leaving town. Well, clock is looking for a job elsewhere. It was a plan already in the works and has nothing to do with parental relationships.

Right now I'm trying to hold my tongue and not lash out at her - I've been chewed out twice today for other assorted irrelevant crap.

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: Well, yeah. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #29 Wed May 14, 2008 at 02:15:11 PM EST

I was of course using your life experience as a chance to talk about mine. And when I did it, it was the sole reason for leaving. Big, big mistake. Especially moving from the neighbourhood of JK Rowling, Ian Rankin and Alexander McCall Smith to a poor area where a doctor diagnoses a perforated colon as alcoholism.
Anyway, better talk about the useful stuff, like agreeing that people do behave like that, that it is incredibly upsetting, and hard to get sympathy for. Keep strong.

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: Oh, and yeah, by ambrosen (4.00 / 1) #31 Wed May 14, 2008 at 02:22:22 PM EST

I'd move to Austin if I found myself living in Houston, too, I think.

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