What's the best response to "why are you so quiet'?

Lol. I see your point. In my defence I didn’t back my comment with explanation. Let’s just say referring to her as a nosey c##t only scratched the surface..she’s now locked up for other offences but when I was with her I was kept under lock & key and away from family/friends. She had major trust issues and had jealousy toward my own sisters, mother and anyone else who looked at me wrong. When my mom was sick she didn’t tell me and had orchestrated that anybody calling our home would be re-directed to her mobile and made excuses for me for not going to be with mom.

Not to sound like a victim but my life for 5 years was hell and when she constantly asked me what was on my mind all i could think was how she had controlled every aspect of my life and still wanted to know what I was thinking..Truth be told, I had come to hate & resent her, although these were my private thoughts and wouldn’t dare let her privy to what I really thought..I wanted was to be left alone with the thoughts I had. It was genuine when I said I felt ‘inwardly’ none of your business. You nosey c##t. She had everything else. Thoughts were all I had.

I learned of my moms illness a few weeks later when my brother in law came round while she was out. He took me immediately to the hospital. I was in complete shock to find my mom with the entire family around her bed. My mom died later that evening and I was so glad to be there to hug her & let her know I was there..I only hope she knew.

I get how I sound like a dick and no woman deserves to be thought of like that but as I mentioned earlier it only scratches the surface of how I truly feel. I have pretended to forgive her just so we could both move on but there’s a huge part of me that really cant. She still insists she was protecting me from them as they “weren’t really my friends” and that my family “only ever used me” They never did btw.

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