Mother/Daughter Bond

So I've been told that there is no greater bond than a mother/daughter. I beg to differ. If that was so true, then how come so many don't get along with one another?? I can't remember the last time my mother and I hugged. Shoot, I can't remember the last time I heard "I love you." 


I sit back and think about my childhood. I remember getting my butt whooped for NOTHING more times than I remembered being hugged. What kind of bond is that? I wasn't a bad child. I never put my mom through hell. I didn't have kids. I never went to jail. I did good in school. Hell, I even had a job and paid for EVERYTHING I needed or wanted, especially when it was for school. I never heard "Good Job" or "I'm proud of you." Negativity was all I ever saw.


Some think that buying materialistic things shows how much you love a person. My opinion, BS! You don't have to buy things to show your love for me. A simple HUG is fine.


Also, why is it that I get blamed for being here, alive that is. A mother's responsibility is to give unconditional love. I wasn't asked to be on this earth. I definitely didn't ask for all those materialistic things either. So why complain?


Perhaps I should be happy? Ehh! Some mothers are on drugs. Some are dead. Some are CRAZY. Some don't take care of their children. At least I am taken care of......SOMETIMES. Even if she doesn't wasn't to, it's done because she "Feels she has to," not because of the fact that I'm the daughter or she loves me.


I know one thing, my sisters have things WAY easier than I did. I am looked at like I'm the stepchild. I feel as though I'm not a part of the family. Crazy huh?


Well.....all I can say to my friends is.....THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS THE WAY IT SEEMS...


There's a LOT more to this story...I just had to let some of it out.