My boyfriend’s mom has been cold to me from the start and makes my Nursing journey feel like a competition with her son
I just need to get this off my chest because this has been bothering me for a while.
From the very beginning, I already felt like my boyfriend’s mom didn’t like me. She’s always been cold toward me. Hindi naman siya directly rude, pero ramdam mo talaga yung pagka-cold and the way she talks to me sometimes feels like she’s looking down on me.
Now that I’m starting Nursing, mas napapansin ko.
She’s made comments about Nursing na parang hindi niya talaga ako nakikitang kakayanin. She would say things like, “Kaya mo ba talaga yan? mukhang mabagal ka kumilos at reklamador eh” and point out how difficult Nursing is, parang kailangan niyang ipaalala sa akin na mahirap yung pinili kong course. May times din na parang she’s already expecting me to struggle or eventually give up.
Maybe it sounds harmless kapag sinabi lang yung words, pero iba talaga yung tone. It doesn’t feel like concern. It feels like she’s questioning whether I’m capable enough.
And honestly, I feel like she’s making me and her son a competition.
My boyfriend is very intelligent, but he doesn’t even want Nursing. It’s not his dream, and I completely respect that. I chose Nursing because I want it for myself. I’m not trying to prove that I’m smarter than him or that I can do something he can’t. But with his mom, parang there’s always this comparison. Gusto nya kasi yung nursing para sa bf ko. Parang she needs to establish that her son is smarter or more capable than me. And I hate that because I never saw him as competition in the first place.
Sometimes I even wonder if she feels insecure about me because I’m pursuing Nursing while her son chose something else. I don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong about her intentions, but when someone has been cold to you from the start, then keeps making comments that make you feel incapable, it’s hard not to notice.
I’m literally just starting college. I already know Nursing is going to be hard. I don’t need someone constantly making me feel like I’m not capable of doing it.
I just want to study, survive Nursing, graduate, and become a nurse. I don’t want to compete with her son. I don’t want to compete with anyone.
I just wish she would stop making me feel like I have something to prove.