[TeresaM]

Originally Posted by LaurenMarie

I'm 22, I am not young and I wish to call my mother a bitch for her disrespect towards me, when I have nothing but respected her in regards with MY dog in OUR house (do you know if I help pay the bills, the mortgage? I think not, so before you open your 'matured' trap, I suggest you know a little more than uh... absolutely nothing).

sigh, legal age is 18, 22 is still young. But physical age has nothing to do with maturity. I know many 8 to 15 year olds that have more maturity then you are portraying here.

Originally Posted by LaurenMarie

Secondly, DonnaRod is correct, perhaps I may not call my mother a bitch to her face, but doing here so is hurting no ones feelings.

You may not be saying it with words to your mom, but trust me, she knows how you feel. You can't cover over that harsh a feeling, your face, eyes, body language will show it.

Originally Posted by yorkiemomto4

Col 3:20...Children,obey your parents in all things: for this is wellpleasing unto the Lord.

Colossians 3:21 also says; Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Although her attitude towards her mom and some of her responses on this thread lead me to believe she has a lot of growing up yet to do, I do understand and share her frustration with her mom’s attitude about the way she is usurping the OP’s position as owner/guardian of Bella

Originally Posted by heatherlee143

WOW . . . some people clearly have too much time on their hands. This is way off topic.

It's not off topic, it was in her original post. If the OP puts it in their post then it is part of the topic. Off Topic refers to a subject brought up by another poster that was not in the OP'ers post.

Originally Posted by heatherlee143

Just give the girl the information she needs, not all the bs. Some of you people get way off topic. Clearly, she cares about her dog. She is upset. Who wouldn't be if their dog was practically being poisoned . . Shame on all the people who gang up on others. Didn't your mothers with whom you respect sooooo much ever tell you that if you had nothing nice to say, not to say it at all? I guess not.

Now does that advice go for only other people, or does it go for you too? Because what you are saying here would be seen by many as "not nice".

To the OP, I will say again, I share your frustration with how your mom is going about this. Some very good advice has been given and you have replied that you both are working towards an acceptable solution. Not only will Bella benefit by this, hopefully you both can build off of this experience towards a better relationship. Although you took defensively some of the comments made about your attitude towards your mom, I hope that you can take a step back and see that many of them were made to help you see how those feelings are just as destructive to your continued growth and well being. You will go a long way into becoming the kind of person you want to be by learn from every experience and realize there is much knowledge to be gain from other people and their point of views. There is always something to be learned, to grow in, at any age, if you are open to it when it comes to you.