I started back to therapy, for a short time and decided to go back to Al-Anon. I've been MIA for 16 years and decided it was time seeing the new challenges in my life. I feel like I am in a better place now to process and make permanent decisions on a lot of issues I have struggled with for 34 years. One of them being my birth mom.
I have made a difficult and permanent decision, and that was one of the reason for therapy. I have decided, with the help of my therapist, to divorce my birth mom. It is necessary and long overdue. I have continued over the years to keep this "Fantasy" alive. I have kept up the charade that my birth mom will somehow miraculously change and be my fantasy mom.
Its an awakening for me, I feel like I have just woke up from a long sleep. I've looked around and realized I have been punishing myself, and practically begging this woman to love me. To accept me, and maybe even give me a hug and say, "I love you, unconditionally, no matter what." I've compromised, Ive given more than I have received, and truthfully, I do not like what I have been offered. I have been cheating myself, pretending that it doesn't matter, because she gave birth to me and I have to accept her the way she is. I have even tried to convince her to love my children, her grandchildren, based on Ancestry rules. She doesnt know my kids, and has never been interested in them since they were born.
NO WAY! Another BAM, smack in the face moment. A punch in the gut for me, literally! Hey, guess what, NO, I do NOT have to continue to speak to you because you gave birth to me. I get to decide who is in my life, and I have made the decision that I am a pretty good gal, and I am worthy of being loved, adored, appreciated and respected, unconditionally!
I have raised with my husband, three wonderful humans. Somehow, this woman I call my birth mom thinks her absence all these years is not a big deal. She feels she can reap the benefits of calling our children "Her grandchildren" even if she has been absent most of their lives. She feels it makes her look good, to have these three wonderful people as her grandchildren. She would like to turn these wonderful humans against my husband and I, if possible....which it is not possible.
The child she kept, is an addict, mentally ill and is a non functioning person. My full birth brother is a sad person. But he is also a dangerous person at the same time from what we have experienced. Our grown kids do not trust him. Another BAM, in my face moment. I do not want him in my life either, and my family does not want him in their lives . And guess what Cathy, you can say "NO." I have said NO!
I was knee deep in making a family tree on Ancestry. I drove down and borrowed my birth moms family pictures to scan them. I did a lot of work, put them all in new scrap books, organized everything. I have found all the missing families in Lebanon, not an easy task.
Then the reality of it all sunk in. Jealousy can be a dangerous emotion, dangerous and ugly and I believe this emotion is the catalyst for her behavior. I had actually spoke to my brother on private messenger for the first time in about 13 years. He asked about our grown kids, their jobs & lives. I told him they are all happy, successful and in jobs that support them and we couldn't be happier for them all. My birth mom stated she did not want to know what my brother and I talk about and not to even hint about our conversations. OK, no big deal. Next thing I know I am receiving a private message from her asking me not to tell my brother that our kids are successful and rich! Yes, I quote "Rich." Well, I have never stated anyone in my family are rich, its just not true! hahaha! She stated that by telling my brother that my kids have good jobs and are successful , will discourage him from seeking mental help! OMG! Seriously? He has been unstable and non functioning since his early 20's and he's now pushing 44 years old!
I guess that rule of not telling about my conversations with my brother only applies to me! He must have told her half truths about our conversation! Birth mom tells me that he feels bad that "The kids" are doing so well, he feels like a failure, etc. I reminded her that our kids are grown adults now, does my brother realize the oldest is 29 and should be in jobs to support themselves now! Hmmmm....well birth mom, your constant enabling of this grown man may be a big reason why he is almost 44 and still repeating the same mistakes and not seeking help and not able to take care of himself! She clearly does not see what she is doing, and it is NOT my place or job to make her see. Sad, but true, I just cant exert another ounce of energy on these two. They are not my problem!
Seriously, who does she think she is? She then has the nerve to elude to the fact that my brother has never done anything to our kids over the past 20 years. And has no idea why they have no interest in having a relationship with him! WOW! One can only guess that she has conveniently stuffed all the craziness that me, my husband and three grown adult children have experienced with my brother over the past 20 plus years. Like its all erased, never existed and we are made out to be the liars, the mentally ill ones. She has done this before, given me my brothers life and my life to my brother. What is even more frightening, she is believable, and she is convincing, and charming and I feel she is also a person one cannot trust. I finally had a voice and spoke up and said, OK birth mom, what do you think would happen if my grown kids saw him now? Do you think he is fit and mentally OK to see them? She answered NO! I said you are correct, if they saw him now, they'd never give him another chance! My brother has sent me the most bizarre and crazy messages, my oldest son has said that he is "Tweaking" on drugs or is in some sort of psychosis. Either could be true, he's done hard core drugs over the years, and I truly believe he is still doing them now. He was recently in jail I heard, and from what I understand was detoxing while in jail. Yeah, I know, I made this up too, its all a lie, he really was not in jail, and if you spoke to birth mom, she'd convince you I made it all up and I was the one in jail! HAHAHAHA!
She has absolutely nothing to offer me. No love, loyalty, time, kindness, truth, stability, absolutely nothing. Her morals, ideals, way of living and even her mother skills are completely and utterly opposite than mine. If she had not given birth to me, I would never even consider her as a friend. Her title is no longer important to me, and truthfully she is nothing more than an egg donor.
I had a revelation that I wish I had never met her, just found out the ancestry information I dearly wanted. Looking back I realize it was a mistake to waste so much time and energy on a woman who clearly has no plans on loving me, adoring me and my kids, and a person who without batting an eyelash, is capable of betraying me!
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