I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do and how she couldn't achieve the things she wanted to.
There's a part of me that never felt my mother abandoned me. I always felt that she did the right thing.
I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.
My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.
I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.
My mother started out by being a very good girl. She did everything that was expected of her, and it cost her dearly. Late in her life, she was furious that she had not followed her own heart; she thought that it had ruined her life, and I think she was right.
Marriage was never a dream or an ambition for me. I thank my real mother for the fact that - unlike my sitcom mother - she never put any pressure on me or my sister to marry.
My mother is extraordinary. She understood me and never tried to hold me back.
My mother is a strong, wonderful woman. I could never be anything she didn't want me to be.
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