My mother was a terrible parent. Cold, uncaring, austere and distant. Never engaging or interested in guiding me in my life. Unwelcoming and rude to partners in my life. Never educating in uncomfortable or ‘difficult’ topics, s***** and s******** based things were off the table. My wife seems to think she’s a closet lesbian. If she was never interested in raising someone, why adopt me when she’s ready to just drop me after a certain age, once she’s ‘done’ with me? We were generations apart, like an almost 45-year age gap. She was ‘covetous’ of the experience of us as babies, but then just wasn’t interested. I’ve seen the same pattern evolve with my sisters kids. She’s a very strange individual. Once she goes, I won’t even attend her funeral. Thanks for understanding everyone.