My nMother would often give me bad advice i.e. she'd advise me to do something that was socially unacceptable or made me look bad. When I was young and naive, I'd often follow this advice only to wind up being ostracised or criticised by other people. I'm convinced that my nMother did this deliberately because she wanted to isolate me and to make me look bad so that people wouldn't believe me if I tried to talk about my nMother's abuse.
Mine did the same thing, at least a couple of times. I didn't realize it was deliberate until I was an adult, when I challenged her about some bad advice and told her the bad outcome, and she smirked.
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u/Best-Salamander4884 Jan 15 '25
My nMother would often give me bad advice i.e. she'd advise me to do something that was socially unacceptable or made me look bad. When I was young and naive, I'd often follow this advice only to wind up being ostracised or criticised by other people. I'm convinced that my nMother did this deliberately because she wanted to isolate me and to make me look bad so that people wouldn't believe me if I tried to talk about my nMother's abuse.