r/netflix • u/AnotherDarnDay • 3d ago

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What the hell did I just watch? And what the hell was this person thinking?

I'm in shock that someone would do such a thing to their own child. And that she doesn't seem to have any focus on what she actually did.

The daughter didn't seem to grasp what her mother did when they told her but the father acted on it right away.

Was she totally jealous of her own daughter?

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u/Fluffy-Struggle-4107 3d ago

I'm going to be honest. I understand her love for her mom despite what she's done. Probably has to do with my own unhealthy relationship with my mom. I can recognize what Kendra did was horrendous. And yet I can understand why Lauryn still loves her. It's fucked up. Someone who understands this weird twisted shit comment below.

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u/LysolCasanova 3d ago

I’ve seen this with my mom’s relationship with my grandmother. My grandmother is truly a horrible person in every way, but her manipulation runs so deep in my mom that it was very hard for her to accept that the things my grandmother has done are not okay. My mom was 52 when she finally went no contact. She still feels a lot of guilt around it, but I’m proud of her for not breaking contact for 4 years now. 

I hope you’re doing better and taking care of yourself 🩷 hope you’ve managed to create some distance with your mom or you at least have very strong boundaries put into place. 

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u/carlandmidge 1d ago

I used to feel this way, you’re not alone.

But also, starting weekly trauma therapy was the very best thing I’ve ever done for myself - I finally went no contact with my mother last year at 42 and feel like I’m living a healthy life for the very first time.

I hope you are able to create space and unlearn the guilt + compliance that some moms program into us from birth. Sending love. 🫶🏻