How to be closer with my mom? (more inside)?

Question

okay, so i would like to be closer to my mom, but i'm unsure of how to start. i dont really tell her anything about my personal life. my friends and stuff and boys are pretty much an undiscussed topic with her. i don't feel comfortable telling her stuff for some reason. i started dating my boyfriend almost two weeks ago and i still haven't told her. he values his relationship with his mom very much and he is the one who has inspired me to be closer with my own mom.

my mom and i are semi close, like we joke and stuff but the things that are important to a sophomore in high school (boys, friends, tough situations) i never tell her about. my boyfriend says that she is my mom and she wants to hear about it because it's part of the mother-daughter bond.

some suggestions to get closer to her would be really nice and what's your thoughts on me keeping alot of my personal life from her? good or bad?

i don't do drugs or have s*x or smoke or anything so it's not like i'm keeping things like that from her.

thanks, your thoughts are appreciated :)

Answer 1

I'm the same way. Some people are just hard to get close to, even if they are your parents. What I did, was I found someone who was like a mom to me and started talking to them about different things. Then when me and my mom would talk it was a lot easier to tell her things cause I had already talked to someone else about it...ya know? Try that see if it helps. I dont do drugs or have s*x either (even if i did haha i would still keep that quiet) But good luck with that. :) your boyfriend sounds like a keeper. Always pay attention to how a guy treats his mom...if you two end up getting married thats how he is gonna treat you. Im glad he is having such a positive influence on you. Good Job! :)