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User Profile: impartialLychee6279
impartialLychee6279 April 20th, 2018

I am just fed up right now because my mum keeps pressurising me to go out with her. There are a number of things that i do not like about going out with my mum. My mum is spontanious and she will give me very little notice that she wants me to go out with her. If i say no to her or i make an excuse not to go out she will make me feel guilty. In the end i just say yes. I hate getting ready to go out as it just takes too much time and effort. My mum insists that i wear make up. To be honest i think that make up is the most over rated thing in the world. If i tell my mum that i do not want to wear make up she just says that i am not normal. Then when i am out i have to socialise with other people. Overall going out is too stressful

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User Profile: Booklover95
Booklover95 April 20th, 2018

@impartialLychee6279

That's dumb, there's alot of women who don't wear makeup (I rarely use it). You are normal don't worry.

About going out, have you told her how you feel? That she makes you uneasy and anxious?

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User Profile: impartialLychee6279
impartialLychee6279 OP April 21st, 2018

@Booklover95 i have told her how i feel but she will not srtop pressurising me to go out.

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User Profile: impartialLychee6279
impartialLychee6279 OP April 24th, 2018

My mum is now trying to force me to go out with her tomorrow. I cannot strees enough how much i hate going out. I would be so much happier stopping at home. I so desperately want to tell my mum that i am not ptprepared to go out but iam afraid to say no. If i even drop the slightest hint to my mum that i am not prepared to go out with her she will make me feel guilty.

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunatly this is not an easy situation to find solution to. Your uneasyness to go out and the pressuring behaviour of your mother are due to emotional pain that should be recognised and dealt with. That is the real solution on long term. For a practical immediate solution the only one i can think about is that you would need to have the possibility to talk to someone that understands you and that can talk to her and make her understanding and accepting this.