A blast from the past... (continued)

Soon after I finished my last post, I texted my mother. I said "Can I talk to you alone when you get a chance?". Maybe 30 minutes later, she came up to my bedroom from watching Sex and the City and I immediately began crying. I told her that I wasn't comfortable at dinner and that it's the same as her other relationships... She apologized and promised that she'd try harder this time. I believe that she's being sincere, but next time I call her out on it, her reaction will probably be different. I'm lucky this time her reaction was favorable. I wish her the best, I really do. I just don't want her to have her idea of the best. She deserves better: a normal, happy relationship.