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Hey, hey, waffle gang. I do hope you are well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more relationship stories. And if you do love a Reddit story, why not consider hitting a like, subscribe. Maybe that notification bell too. Let's crack on with today's first story. Now today's first story come from Wait Late, who says, my estranged mother wants to see

me, female 17, and won't really take no for an answer.

Now, I know how it sounds.

I understand that she is just a mother who wants to see her only child.

But please understand that me being with my mother is not good for me in any way.

I've never had my mother be in my life. It's always been me and my father since I was six months.

I've nearly come close to literal death twice in her care when I was younger and put in numerous

dangerous situations with her leaving me with her side of the family. They're not good people, especially

with children. My father never badmouthed my mother to me. She had had so many chances to see me,

and I have given her countless second chances throughout my life, even when I lived in one state

for eight years, and she only lived 30 minutes away. I only saw her three times in those eight years.

Basically up until 2017, I never had a relationship with my mother. In 2017 when I was 14,

she started to slowly move into my life and it was then that I realized I couldn't have her in my life.

She is a reoccurring bad thing in my life and every time I let her in, it leaves me in

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