By Effective_Volume_394 • Score: 0 • April 6, 2025 4:10 AM
I'm a mother (f31) my daughter is 11yo.
Me and my daughter have absolutely NOTHING in common. But she's my daughter and I love her, so I constantly, every day have to fake taking an interest in all the things she's into that I absolutely cannot stand. I know this is part of being a parent, I'm not delusional to that. But I find it SO exhausting, I hate it, But I just want her to be happy.
Obviously children get their own likes and interests as they grow. I'm not saying she needs to stop, and I'm not saying she has to be into all the things that I'm into, (shes not, because shes told me in passing when I'm doing something that I like, or if I bring up something that I like lmao) because that's not how the world works. But I feel like such an asshole for feeling like this in general, it's a horrible feeling.
Do I like having to lie? No. Do I want her to feel like she can talk to me about her likes and interests? Yes. But do I SCREAM in my head "I DONT FUCKING CARE FOR THIS FILM, TREND, SINGER etc. I HATE IT." Also yes.
Its just...URGH 🤣.
I'll say it again, we have nothing in common. I try to have conversations with her about things, and she's very apathetic in telling me she thinks this is dumb and that is dumb (things I like) and I swear I'm on the edge of doing the same to her. I just want to say "Look, darling. I'm not AT ALL interested in this, can you just talk to your friends about it instead of me?" (because I find it REALLY fucking boring 😅)
Thats the exact energy that she gives me haha.
AITA for this feeling?
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