Vent.

dimake

You know how I posted last week that my parents were over-worried about me taking a road trip with my daughters?

The situation has exploded.  She has been insinuating that I'm not a capable parent, and that somehow going on this trip will kill my kids and I'll regret it.  She is telling everybody I'm too independent.  And it's not the car ride - she's convinced that somehow I won't be able to keep track of my kids in a crowded place.

My mom has major anxiety issues, and now she hasn't talked to me for a week and she's dragging every other family member into it.  This weekend is my daughter's birthday.  WTF? I'm distancing myself from my family members so that they don't feel like they have to be "in the middle" with me - but the ones that live with her have to hear about it constantly.  I feel like I don't really have a support system, and maybe I never did. 

Sad thing is - the only person who has really been there for me is XH, and internet strangers.