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Melissa, welcome to the program.

Hey, Dr. Laura, how are you?

Good. What's up?

So I'm calling to get some advice.

So my my mother and I have always had what I would describe as a tumultuous relationship.

What is a tumultuous relationship? I don't know what that is.

We've never we've never gotten along. We've never seen eye to eye. I mean, my entire

when you were six years old, what is eye to eye with a parent? I don't know. What is that?

I guess so I feel like she's okay. So I guess that means that I haven't always been the little girl

she's wanted maybe because I'm not a girly girl and my mom is very much of a girly girl.

And we've just been different people like who she wants me to be is not who I am.

And what is your perception of what she wants you to be?

I think she just wants me to be more like her. No, wait, wait, wait, wait, you're making this up

in your head or she told you. She told me but this is who she is as a person.

So no, I'd rather you tell me what she said, not what you did with it in your own head.

So I need to know facts. What did she say that gave you that you interpreted as she doesn't

accept you as you are? What did she say? She said things like my brother is the daughter.

She's always wanted because she's more of like the one that does whatever she wants.

And that you know like she asked God to give her a little girl and she ended up with me.

She said those things, those are quotes. Yes, yes, those are quotes.

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