I am not alone. However, my situation has gotten progressively worse in the last few years. Your story is so familiar to me, I cannot explain. I tried to talk to her about the situation, which only led to hurt feelings and harsh words. I could not understand the tranformation, from one person to another.

My mother has since married the much younger, abusive man that is not faithful to her. I have been dealing with this situation for 7 years now. My mother was 40 years old when this all began. Due to my protection of her and outspoken opinion of him, I have not seen her in 8 months. I am terribly distraught about this.

I am pregnant with my first child, and I do not have her to share this with. We have always been so close and have shared everything over the years. I have tried to mend the fences, but nothing I do matters. She has three children including myself and each one of us have reached out to her without any response. She has made the comment that her children did not need her anymore, so she was not tied to us. We were never treated like a burden as children, but quit the opposite.

My case is extreme, I know. I have several factors going on as well, however this all started when she confided in me about her "infatuation". It has only snowballed since then.

For the above remark, you obviously have not dealt with a situation of any kind similiar to this.

I hope that your situation does not progress as mine did. I would not wish this on anyone. I have never felt so hopeless about any situation in my life.