A Mother and Her Daughter.

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You always hear that. That mother’s and daughters have complicated relationships. Daddy’s girls and Mama’s boys. I don’t know if it’s some intrinsic competitive streak. Or if a mother sees so much of themselves in their daughters that they want you to do the things they didn’t or couldn’t. If they’re raising you to be younger versions of themselves, living vicariously through you. Maybe it’s easier for them to see in you the things they…