Oh dear, reading this thread, as a kid whose mother didn't always "get" her, i am realising 2 things:

1. DD is VERY like me, and
2. Sadly I am getting more like my mother with every passing day!

Hang in their folks, i had almost no relationship with my dad until i was about 17 and we are really really close now. SOmetimes we grow into different aspects of ourselves, you know?

Bx