My entitled Karen of a mother walks out on my family anytime someone says anything she doesn't like,

leaving the family for months on end and making me and my father feel like garbage in the process.

And after dealing with this for so long,

I'm seriously at such a loss,

and I really don't know how to deal with my mother

or how to move on.

Here's what happened.

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Okay, so for a bit of backstory, I am a mousey 18 year old female and I'm finishing up high school

and my two year degree.

I am first in my class. I've been awarded many honors for my academic achievement and athletic ability and have participated in academic camps, including a month-long summer camp where I focus on mathematics, as well as several other

camps at universities across the nation.

And this will be relevant later on.

I live with my mother and father, and it is because of them that I work so hard.

Now moving on to the story,

I'm beginning to feel resentment towards my mother

because every time I offer constructive criticism,

she just leaves.

She's done this since I was a little kid and has done this more to my dad than to me.

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