Oh shit, now I'm gonna sound like Psych 101, but I seriously think the root of her vitriol is her own loss of youth and total projection of her insecurities onto you. There probably is a real, nuturing concern deep down for your welfare which she really doesn't know how to express beyond a weird sort of contempt.
I think the mother-daughter dynamic has got to be the reference for the primordial archtype of a creator-destroyer (Ariel?) I seriously think it's the one force that could destroy a world.
I know you know that you are none of those hateful things she implied. And I completely understand that your grief lies in the Loss of that one person who is supposed to love you unconditionally.
She needs a good flooding of crone imagery.
thanks hon.
yes, she is coming from a place where her own mother did the same things to her, and they lost their relationship over it. I am my mother's only child though- she freaked out when i moved out of state because i would be out of her reach.
Now that I'm a mother though, and my son is on the cusp of manhood, i also panic at the thought of the day he moves on. i LOVE hanging out with my son and he knows it. i can't imagine ever saying anything critical about him or to him because i want him to ALWAYS know i'm his biggest supporter, nomatter what he does or wants.