I guess what you’re saying is possible, about him projecting his mom’s behavior onto me. She definitely doesn’t seem to know how to be emotionally supportive to him. And he does seem to think that she behaves selfishly, which, although she’s not my mom so I hesitate to make any judgements, I can see why he would feel that way. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and not think that he would be projecting his negative experiences with other people onto me, but no one is perfect. And I really had an ideal upbringing with parents who have a good relationship and siblings that I love spending time with, which might be why I don’t experience those issues. I guess I don’t exactly know what to do with all of this information though.