What would you do or how would you feel if you were 16 and your mother said that she has given up on rasing you?

I'm 16 in a few days, and frankly, id feel sad, but maybe a little relieved, I do need some space.

My mother told me she no longer wanted to be my mother at my graduation party. I was to think of her as a "friend" only. It hurt a LOT and 10 years later I still get angry at times, so I can understand what you're saying.

What I'm wondering is did you do something to provoke that comment? Not that it was appropriate to say, but I get the feeling she said that out of frustration.

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Originally Posted by LearningAsIGo

My mother told me she no longer wanted to be my mother at my graduation party. I was to think of her as a "friend" only. It hurt a LOT and 10 years later I still get angry at times, so I can understand what you're saying.

What I'm wondering is did you do something to provoke that comment? Not that it was appropriate to say, but I get the feeling she said that out of frustration.

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She is bi-polar

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Originally Posted by cal823

im 16 in a few days, and frankly, id feel sad, but maybe a little relieved, i do need some space.

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The thing is she is bi-polar and it hurt because I have a 4 year old brother and I don't want him to go through the same stuff I went through

It all depends on the context. Parents are human and say things often they don't really mean, If the day had gone really bad and there were teen issues going on, I can see me saying it from time to time, A parent oftens just wants to give up and walk away, it does not mean they will or do, but I doubt any parent of a teen did not want give up on a child.
I had one son for sure that I wanted to give up on a dozen or more times, never did but sure wanted to.