I think the distance caused my Mum to reassess how she dealt with me. Our relationship became a bit more relaxed although she still calls on a weekly basis to check in!
Both my parents are pretty good about treating me like I'm capable of rational decision making without massive questions, although there are the occasional, inevitable slide backs. As my stepmother said with a shrug, "you stopped listening to advice when you were around fifteen, so we stopped offering it." It doesn't mean that I stopped asking for it, just that they trusted me to come to them when I needed help instead of wading through unsolicited commentary.
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Date: 2005-11-21 08:35 pm (UTC)Both my parents are pretty good about treating me like I'm capable of rational decision making without massive questions, although there are the occasional, inevitable slide backs. As my stepmother said with a shrug, "you stopped listening to advice when you were around fifteen, so we stopped offering it." It doesn't mean that I stopped asking for it, just that they trusted me to come to them when I needed help instead of wading through unsolicited commentary.