I have very little interaction at all these days with my mother. I'm not quite sure why, we were always a close family growing up. I think she really came to figure herself out late in life and has been more focused on that lately than her children. I don't blame her for that. But it is weird that I had a mother who was once very involved and now I just think of her as someone who will call me on my birthday.
My parents divorced when I was little, and I really have few memories of them being together. For most of my childhood I was raised just by my mom. She dated occasionally but it never turned into anything. Then when I was 15 she shocked the family by announcing that she and her friend Cheryl were lovers and she came out as a lesbian. A year later they were married and Cheryl was my step-mom.
I had no problem with any of that. I'm open-minded. If my mom wants to be with a woman that's up to her. But it seemed like after that her life started being all about exploring her new lifestyle and less about us kids.
When I got pregnant I almost felt like she didn't care.
My mom and Cheryl have since moved to Florida. Part of me is glad that there now is some physical distance that I can use to explain her emotional distance.
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