I can't forgive my mum for treating me like a skivvy growing up | The Sun

DEAR DEIDRE: GROWING up, I was treated like a skivvy by my mum and robbed of my childhood. Now I’m wondering if I’ll ever be able to forgive her.

I’m 24 and she’s 46.

She was a single mum and didn’t cope well. I think she was depressed.

When I was in my teens she began drinking a lot and started going out four or five times a week.

When things started to slip around the house, she treated me like her live-in maid.

Demanding that I did all the cooking, cleaning, and ironing – as soon as I got back in from school.

I wasn’t allowed to see friends or to go to any clubs – the endless chores came first.

She said I owed it to her as she was working and I needed to earn my keep.

Looking back I can’t help but resent her, as I missed out on so much.

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