Did you ever cry for your Mother When You Were Young?
By Rhonda S.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
United States
December 21, 2017 6:21am CST
One day my parents dropped me off at my grandmothers so they could go to the store.
As I watched them drive off, a fear came over me like I had never experienced before. I felt as if my heart was being ripped out and knew I did not want my mother to leave me. I ran after their car onto a busy street, and thank goodness they saw me, and I ended up going with them.
The next day, my mother took me to school(1st grade), and I wouldn't get out of the car. She had to drag me to my room, and the teacher told my mother to leave me, since that was the best thing to do. My mother was almost crying at this point, but she left.
My teacher pulled my desk up by hers, and I laid my head down and sobbed for quite sometime. She just ignored me and let me cry as long as I wanted.
By lunch I felt much better, and by the time I came home I was perfectly OK.
I never felt that way before or after these two incidents. I have no idea what triggered it.
Did you ever cry for your mother or father?
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
Mine was a long time also.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
21 Dec 17
It's hard to suddenly be thrust into a new environment. Kindergarteners here only go for half a day. I guess that's why, I never thought about it before.
I had started school for sometime with no problem, so I'm not sure what happened.
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@Madshadi (8849)
• Brussels, Belgium
21 Dec 17
@misunderstood_zombie I was just talking about that with my colleague who asked me when my daughter will start kindergarten. I worry that she will have hard time being away from us. She starts crying as soon as she sees a new face, even if she is with us, let alone being left with strangers. He suggested that I bring her to the pool this summer as there will be many kids. It should help her cope with being around strangers.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
@Madshadi That's a great idea. They also have small classes for short periods of time around here. Art and dance are a few, but it really helps kids to know you will be back so quickly.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
21 Dec 17
I vividly remember my first day at school. My mother reached me. She had come with her friend. The nuns even asked her if I was the youngest and she said yes little realising that exactly after 9 months my brother would be born.
I joined the other kids and saw them howling away I remembered what mother told me that only the brave do not cry. I held on to my tears and proudly announced when my older sister came to fetch me that I did not cry. 
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
That was really brave of you not to cry.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
Hopefully, you were just happy to start school.
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Dec 17
No, but I'm not very fond of her, either.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Dec 17
@misunderstood_zombie - Oh no, not at all. I'm good.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
I'm sorry, I feel kind of bad, because many people don't have fond memories of their mother, and I hope I didn't bring up any bad ones for them.
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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21 Dec 17
I cried when my mother suffered a stroke. I knew the seriousness of her condition and also because she was in failing health for years leading up this day. The realization that I would lose her was took much for me to take emotionally.
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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22 Dec 17
@misunderstood_zombie I am sorry to hear that about your Mom Rhonda. It is always difficult when loved ones are not well.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
I'm sorry to hear that. My mother is very weak right now, and this leads me cry also.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
22 Dec 17
I think I experienced that when I was on my first grade and new to the school 
I ended up crying so hard and told my mom that bullies are everywhere there 
So, She transferred me to another school with a small number of kids
I ended up crying so hard and told my mom that bullies are everywhere there So, She transferred me to another school with a small number of kids 1 person likes this
@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
23 Dec 17
@misunderstood_zombie Yes I was happier but got transferred again to a smaller number of students because we moved to another place where I met a lot of good friends
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
I hope you were happier at the newer school. That's sad there were bullies so early on, maybe some are just born that way.
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@Letranknight2015 (51491)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
Reminds me back then when I was back in my kinder garden.
I remember crying and doesn't want my mom to leave.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
Maybe all kids go through this at least once.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
It was just weird that I had been away from her a lot, and suddenly this happened. Though you're right, children want to be with their mothers.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
I agree, I don't think I would have ever cried for my dad.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
21 Dec 17
You may have had what I call a 'gut instinct' @misunderstood_zombie . By doing what you did in both situations, you may have created 'extra time' that prevented them from having an accident or something.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
That could be true, things can be interconnected in strange ways.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
That was nice that you didn't have to feel the separation pains.
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@Friendlypink (3805)
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21 Dec 17
i often do, specially now that i have my own kids, and i always get teary eye seeing them with my kids playing and loving my kids the way they love and took care of us. i so love them. and i am very thankful having them as my parents.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
My parents were good with my kids also. I was also thankful.
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@rudrakch789 (13)
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21 Dec 17
if any one note with her mother and feel loanly then she/he remember any cry for mother, human nature
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Dec 17
I'm glad also that never happened to me again as a kid.
