I love my mother, however when I look at her I can identify the source of many of my personal flaws.
She’s typically been entirely a-social, she has strong neurotic tendencies, and she has trouble communicating effectively with the people around her… I can totally relate to all of these shortcomings, and I’m quite sure that she passed these traits on to me early in life.
I know she didn’t mean to, but I still resent her a little for my mental problems, and another area that we both struggle with is our overwhelming stubbornness; Neither of us is capable of admitting fault or defeat, and occasionally it can be entirely dangerous, however for example, last year I was going to see my mother when her Heating and Air Conditioning system completely failed. She lives in northern Illinois, so the air temperature is typically freezing from September through March and it easily isn’t optional to have a working boiler. I instantly told her we should look up a reputable Heating and Air Conditioning supplier so they could service the furnace ASAP, although she was reluctant to make the cellphone call. She kept insisting that the boiler would be fantastic and she could figure out how to service the central furnace on her own, however she has no idea what that constitutes. It truthfully felt like she became more steadfast with this misguided plan every time I brought up professional heating and cooling companies, and soon she had spent over a week without any indoor heat, eventually I realized she wasn’t ever going to call the ventilation corporation, so I secretly did it myself.