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Mum was always overprotective – I found out why on my 18th birthday [metro.co.uk]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 1 day ago

^{Chloe is the director of The Taste of Mango (Picture: Alice Aedy)}

By Chloe Abrams, METRO, December 1, 2024

*Content warning*

As a teenager, I felt trapped by my mum’s rules.

Boyfriends were forbidden. She rarely let me go out alone. And I was never allowed to go for sleepovers.

I was 14 when I finally convinced her to let me stay at a friend’s house, but in the middle of the night she had to come and pick me up.

I pretended I was homesick to hide my real reason for not being able to sleep – I was scared that my friend’s dad would creep into the room and do something to me.

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