Peter Pan, perhaps, or maybe macho anxieties? Sons blame their mothers because they resent having to remember a time when they were so completely under a woman's authority, maybe?
It's funny, I always thought of my mom as the Strict One and sort of blamed her for that...but at the same time, even when I was really little, I always had the vague sense that this was unfair. Like my mom was doing something that had to be done, even if it was no fun, and it wasn't right to be mad at her for it. When I got older I understood this feeling better.
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Date: 2009-04-07 07:30 pm (UTC)It's funny, I always thought of my mom as the Strict One and sort of blamed her for that...but at the same time, even when I was really little, I always had the vague sense that this was unfair. Like my mom was doing something that had to be done, even if it was no fun, and it wasn't right to be mad at her for it. When I got older I understood this feeling better.