My mum is driving me up the wall with not listening to me about something. It has taken me many tries to explain something to her and she doesn’t get it. Are mother/daughter relationships meant to be like this?

It happens. My mom is the same way no matter how many times I explain it to her she just doesn’t want to understand it. Idk if it’s ignorance or if she genuinely doesn’t get it. I suppose it’s not meant to be this way but you can’t choose your parents. Not that they’re horrible but sometimes… it’s just unbearable.

No it's not an ideal mother-daughter relationship but unfortunately sometimes our parents can't give us what we need. It's best to accept when someone isn't able to fully listen to or understand us rather than keep exhausting your energy trying to make them get it.

@xxxNobodyxxx Thank you. I have a few pet peeves about her and now I realise why that is. For the longest time, I thought that was because she just wanted to annoy me but it’s not that, it turns out it was all part of the mother/daughter relationship.

It can be difficult at times cause as a daughter you kind of want to have a good relationship with your mom and be close to her and be able to talk to her about everything. But we gotta understand that they’re their own person at the end of the day too and we can’t change them if they don’t want to change. We don’t get along with everyone even if they’re our own parents. We just gotta accept it as it is as aurielle said too.

@xxxNobodyxxx I do get along with my mum, ever since my grandma died, she is the person I am closest to in the world. But that isn’t always a good thing, she gets on my nerves from time to time.

Yea but that’s always gonna be happening with parents. Appreciate them as long as they’re here. They won’t be by your side forever.

You’re going to have your differences and that’s okay! Best to find a way to move on from that information and maybe find comfort in a friend who would understand

unfortunately mothers and daughters can commonly have strained relationships- and that's okay! people can clash with each other. its especially common because of how close you are to each other and the differences you may have! its okay, things can improve:)

I’d say it’s common, I used to be the same with my mother too when I still lived under her roof. At times we would both drive each other insane!