@itgrls_closet: While I never questions my parents love or ability to provide for me I do feel like our relationship is limited due to the way they maintained closeness with me as a child. However I also recognize they are products of their environments. #parasocialrelationships #familydynamics #community #itgrls_closet
My mother insists she “knows me better than I know myself,” despite the fact she STILL doesn’t even know basic pieces of information about me that have not changed since I was a child. 😅
2026-07-05 13:11:08
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StryIsALoser - Comms OPEN! :
“You completely changed when you turned 16” actually you just finally noticed me developing a personality!
2026-07-05 13:38:31
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Michaela :
get a load of this correct take
2026-07-07 13:56:34
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boo4you :
yea it's interesting to see my mom try to cash checks from a relationship account she made minimal deposits to. I love her, but we dont share interests, values, goals.. I have surface friends that are more connected to who I am.
2026-07-04 23:39:43
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Alexis :
“Mini me” like uh no I’m my own person lol
2026-07-05 05:22:22
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mona_lisa_420 :
This is why I don’t take advice from my parents. It’s always what they think is best, not what’s actually best for me as an individual…because they don’t even know me as a person or what kind of life I want to live. Plus, their ‘advice’ always seems to benefit them in some way.
2026-07-05 22:37:32
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Zitlali :
My mom used to tell me “Who told you to like that?? Who told you to think like that???” ME mom, all thoughts are my own!
2026-07-05 16:42:43
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TheHorrorIntellectual :
My mom actually told me I wasn’t my own person when I was in HS
2026-07-05 00:49:38
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anonymous :
I won a state award for my training of EMTs. My parents never asked about what I did so they didnt know I was a training officer with a captain rank (2nd highest you can go). My partner at the time tried to brag about me to a bartender and my parents overheard, jumped in with “OUR DAUGHTER? Teaching someone? HA!” When he said “um do you not know she is one of the top rated training curriculum developers in the state? I suddenly realized “wait they literally know nothing about me past the age of 9 when I didnt want to raise my brother for them”
2026-07-05 05:22:43
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Angel :
i remember when i started therapy i would notice my mom would say "we" alot, true example "we dont like that brand" and id have to start correcting her like no YOU dont. you dont even know what i do and dont like. i am not you or an extension of you
2026-07-04 22:58:07
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mai :) 🦩 :
my mom swears she knows me very well & somehow gets details wrong 🤷🏾♀️
2026-07-05 23:39:43
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Erin • sneakybrownnoser :
I’ve noticed so many parents’ speeches at weddings speak about who their child was in high school
2026-07-05 19:59:09
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Hannah :
Against my better judgement I told my mom I was undergoing fertility testing. Her response was “but you’ve never wanted kids..” You’re right. When I was 20 I wasn’t interested but I’m in my 30s and married and you’ve never bothered getting to know me as an adult. She knew the date of my appointment and never asked how it went.
2026-07-05 14:49:55
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cstephaniem17 :
Parasocial isnt the correct word. I think it’s cognitive dissonance though due to lack of capacity, enmeshment, infantilization and for some- narcissism.
2026-07-05 19:40:34
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inkacrossoceans :
Oooo my mom would always say “oh you don’t want to that” to stuff I wanted to try as a kid. Like cheerleading and other stuff. No, SHE didn’t want to do that or the work to let me do things
2026-07-05 04:40:37
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jl :
I seriously need to stop being so dependant on them. I want to make decisions for myself but I constantly try to read their opinions and go with what they want.
2026-07-07 10:09:41
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DatGurlNi :
Like so I can come back
2026-07-07 11:02:09
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Gagggeddd
2026-07-07 07:25:11
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💓MK💓 :
Let go of control! If you are a parent you are NOT in control. As a parent that is the most solid advice I could give any parent any age child. Stop trying to control them, they are there own person.
2026-07-05 14:15:29
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⭐️ :
I hateee that line “you are an extension of me”
2026-07-06 20:25:00
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❤︎ :
my mom bluntly told me one day that I was an extension of her. i just kept quiet…
2026-07-05 04:01:03
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user3688412095946 :
This but with my family! My mom always says if something happens they'll be there and yes I understand that but honestly if something happened they wouldn't be the first person I would call.
2026-07-05 04:36:30
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Pam Loraze :
My parents only care about us as people if we fit what they envisioned we would be like 😅
2026-07-05 19:38:54
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Yada💞 :
Yes no emotional connection to my family honestly don’t know them and they don’t know me
2026-07-05 02:26:54
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mr. spicy orange juice :
I remembrer my mom said "I didn't know you like to sing" when I was 21 I've been singing since I was a kid and was in choir and I sing in every roadtrip to college but cause my sister was more into theater she couldn't attribute two traits to her children
2026-07-05 03:27:26
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