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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?

[cal823]

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

[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.

[answers_16]

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.

She is bi-polar

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

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

[Fr_Chuck]

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.