Parent Help

My parents and I haven’t had the best relationship for as long as I could remember. However lately, I’ve been trying to keep on with my life and trying to be patient with my mom and Dad and be understanding towards them and not as short tempered.

So far, this has worked with my dad and our relationship is getting better, not by a lot but it is surely something.

My mother however can’t help but focus on how I “ruin her reputation with the community” and “I’m an example of one of her failures.” This basically goes back to me going to college for a degree that is what I want and not what she wanted me to get. It also goes to the fact that if people in the town (I grew up in a town where everyone had to know everyone’s business) talk crap about me and my life now with my fiancé and everything, she chooses to hide in the shadows of the comments and feel humiliated by what people say as opposed to be proud of what I have accomplished and stand up for me when I am not there to defend myself. I don’t care that people talk about me but I care that my mom isn’t doing much from her end to make our relationship better at all... I just needed to vent about it, so thank you if you read this long and pointless post🙃