Advice 4 a Taurus dealing with an Aquarian mom

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taurgirlll
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Hello fellow bulls, i posted the following on the aquarius board hoping to get some insight and a good suggestion came up to post here, has anyone had success dealing with a parent that has a fixed sign specifically acquarius?

I've always had problems with my mom and decided to look at it from this angle. She's very opinionated and critcizes everything i do and becomes angry when I don't want to take her unsolited advice and pats herself on the back for it and expects me to do the same and says i should take constructive criticism but never anything positive. Two days ago, she blocked my number because I told her sometimes "i just don't feel like hearing it" in response to a comment that "i sure don't like talking about anything wrong with my kids". She's a great person but we are like oil and water most of the time, I am very private and she is constantly in my business and can call me 3-4 times a day every day. I'll admit I'm moody & opinionated but i stay out of other people's business. We can easily have a rift and not talk for a year until I apologize no matter who's fault. How can i assert my independence without hurtung her feelings?
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xangelfishx
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my mom is an aqua [I'm a taurus] and I haven't spoken to her in about ten years..... some people think it's mean of a daughter to walk away from her mother and never look back.... but let me tell you something, if I hadn't I would have ruined my life. Today I am a successful, well adjusted person who has never taken drugs, isn't a single mom, and lives completely on her own. I pay for everything myself, I'm working full time and going to school, and I don't rely on anyone. My older sister on the other hand has two kids by two different men, at least one of which is in prison, can't hold a job pumping gas at my uncle's gas station, goes around the family begging for money and can't keep a steady residence.... that is what relying on my mother for guidance and support has done for her..... and that's because my mother's advice for her children was always centered around making her [my mother] the center of attention, so that she put her children in a position where they couldn't get along without her and wouldn't trust anyone but her.

I suggest you just tell your mother that it's your life and if she wants to be a part of it then she needs to let you make your own decisions without her intervening and if she can't handle that and doesn't want to talk to you,.....good riddance. Everyone thinks your parents always have your best interests at heart, but not all parents do. Since both my mother and father are aquas I can confidantly say that aquas are the most likely parents to be thinking of themselves and what they want rather than what's best for their children.

Aquas think they know everything and know what's best for everyone...... don't let her take over your life and ruin it for you. I was severely depressed as a teenager and feel so much better and stronger NOT having my mother in my life.

If your mom really cared about YOU she wouldn't be blocking your phone number like a child.... she's trying to manipulate you into begging her for forgiveness and keeping your mouth shut in the future and doing what she wants you to.
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xangelfishx
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and before someone reading this says something about me having "mommy issues" YES I do have issues with my mother and I hate her - and I hold onto that hatred to remind me of what she did to me when I was younger so that I never make the mistake of letting her have any kind of control over my life and ruining the life I built for myself. My point is if your mother really wants to be a part of your life then you need to set some ground rules and if she can't live with them then you need to look out for YOU, because not all parents are there for your children when they need them - and you can't ruin your own life and make yourself unhappy to make HER happy.
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fi3rynerd
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Wow, thus post is really fucking old but I can totally relate to this. My mom's an Aquarius and we don't get along at all. Just now I came home and she managed to make me so angry and sad at the same time by comparing me to my cousin. She has expectations of me but she never wants to look in the mirror, she can't take any criticism herself. Anything I say back to her is just thrown back at me I can't stand her and the worst part is I have no one to talk to about this who would understand, because on the surface it looks like I'm the shi++y child. I can't wait to move out of this house.
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M143
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My mother is aqua. I don't have heavy heart for her even she did not helped me. I love her. She's old now. Everytime I visit her I always have presents for her and had a talk with her
while drinking coffee. I made her coffee. I know she wasn't good enough for me.. but giving me birth and took care of me when I was baby I guess this matters to me a lot.
She pampered my 2 siblings brother and sister who are cancer. I have 1 cap sister. and me Scorpio. I don't want to bury bitterness in my heart.


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Posted by xangelfishx
and before someone reading this says something about me having "mommy issues" YES I do have issues with my mother and I hate her - and I hold onto that hatred to remind me of what she did to me when I was younger so that I never make the mistake of letting her have any kind of control over my life and ruining the life I built for myself. My point is if your mother really wants to be a part of your life then you need to set some ground rules and if she can't live with them then you need to look out for YOU, because not all parents are there for your children when they need them - and you can't ruin your own life and make yourself unhappy to make HER happy.
what you posted about your aqua mother pretty much describes my Aries father. I still live with patents and let me tell you when he travels away, I feel like a huge burden is off my chest. Gosh I have nightmares about him! why are these people so damn controlling?? He'd literally pick up a fight over why i didnt text him that i reached home safely or any place i go.. Like if you're THAT worroed.. whydont you just call and check? He really told me I should tell him my every single move! .. Let alone other parts of my life
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MissAquarius
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I'm an aqua... And it hurts reading this hoping that I'm doing right by my Taurus son. I try really hard to be a great mom. I'm also a single mom. I try to put my son and bf first but since that's been backfiring on my I'm trying to focus on myself more... But of course my son is the most important person in my life.

What you guys are describing reminds me so much of my Leo mother. Critical, always right. We used to go for months without talking and I always felt like visiting resulted in fighting. She's a little better to deal with no that she's older but it's hurt me my whole life
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fi3rynerd
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Posted by MissAquarious
I'm an aqua... And it hurts reading this hoping that I'm doing right by my Taurus son. I try really hard to be a great mom. I'm also a single mom. I try to put my son and bf first but since that's been backfiring on my I'm trying to focus on myself more... But of course my son is the most important person in my life.

What you guys are describing reminds me so much of my Leo mother. Critical, always right. We used to go for months without talking and I always felt like visiting resulted in fighting. She's a little better to deal with no that she's older but it's hurt me my whole life
I'm sure you're doing great as a mom. what do u mean putting them first has been backfiring? How so?
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I dont think an aqua mom is a good fit for the taurus children's emotions...aqua and taurus will always be on the opposite sides of the spectrum...

taurus are ppl who are directly effected by their environment and if your mother is not making your environment happy moreso negative and stressful its not a good situation..

i suggest you accept that your mom will never be the mom you want her to be or the mom that resonates with you, so your expectations are more in line with reality

aqua ppl dont change..

wish you all the best i couldn't imagine being in this as your mom should be your everything
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fi3rynerd
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Posted by balblair
I dont think an aqua mom is a good fit for the taurus children's emotions...aqua and taurus will always be on the opposite sides of the spectrum...

taurus are ppl who are directly effected by their environment and if your mother is not making your environment happy moreso negative and stressful its not a good situation..

i suggest you accept that your mom will never be the mom you want her to be or the mom that resonates with you, so your expectations are more in line with reality

aqua ppl dont change..

wish you all the best i couldn't imagine being in this as your mom should be your everything
Man this could not be more true... I'm trying hard to accept things the way they are at home
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balblair
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when you are able-move....as you shouldn't have to live under that negative cloud all the time..its stressful and depressing...and i wouldnt want you or anyone to remain in that....

taurus are strong ppl..when your mom is being that way to you, dont let it sink in, let it roll off and you continue on the path your on..dont give her or anyone the power to make you feel bad about yourself...dont give your power up

taurus thrive in positive, uplifiting, supportive environments and its clear your mom can not provide that....so when you are able to move do so...you will then flourish and be the person you want to me

in regards to your mom deal with her from a distance and just know that this is who she is...life will get better once your not around her as much or anyone like that...

good luck 🙂


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Posted by balblair
I dont think an aqua mom is a good fit for the taurus children's emotions...aqua and taurus will always be on the opposite sides of the spectrum...

taurus are ppl who are directly effected by their environment and if your mother is not making your environment happy moreso negative and stressful its not a good situation..

i suggest you accept that your mom will never be the mom you want her to be or the mom that resonates with you, so your expectations are more in line with reality

aqua ppl dont change..

wish you all the best i couldn't imagine being in this as your mom should be your everything
Man this could not be more true... I'm trying hard to accept things the way they are at home
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Posted by MissAquarious
I'm an aqua... And it hurts reading this hoping that I'm doing right by my Taurus son. I try really hard to be a great mom. I'm also a single mom. I try to put my son and bf first but since that's been backfiring on my I'm trying to focus on myself more... But of course my son is the most important person in my life.

What you guys are describing reminds me so much of my Leo mother. Critical, always right. We used to go for months without talking and I always felt like visiting resulted in fighting. She's a little better to deal with no that she's older but it's hurt me my whole life
being a single mother is hard, so you have to be very very strong for your baby.

i never had a daughter, so i Always hear nightmares of daughter/mother, and in our family too, my aries sister is the only one who still has huge issues with our mother, but weirdly they are the closest to eachother. Meaning they live close to eachother, not far, and our mother and father babysits the two boys of theirs. so they are with them almost daily. the irony. me and my other sister are fine with our mother, i guess cause we don't see her as often. I see my capricorn mother in law much much more as she lives down the street basically.
i Always wondered why some women have only daughters and some only sons.
my sisters and myself only had sons. I find that very strange, yet our mother had only daughters. Grandparents had all of them, both male and female children.

in my husband's family, it is the same thing, there are just sons, and then only daughters. His one uncle had five daughters....they were trying very very hard for a son, but they stopped.
I guess god/universe has plans for all of us.