Who else had N parents who discouraged you from being popular amongst other kids?

I feel like having me socially isolate was a narrative they created to keep me under her control. So that I would only love and come to them, nobody else. She'd yell at me and scream for wanting to spend time with friends and even forbid me at times, from going out when I completed all my homework and chores.

She'd dress me up in the most ridiculously child-like clothing, especially as a teenager, almost like they genuinely wanted to humiliate me.

She would see me with kids she observed to be popular and say, "THOSE KIDS ARE NOT GOOD FOR YOU!"

Well we're any kids in your eyes good for me? Those kids IMO were popular because they were genuinely nice and came from good hones. I even learned some manners being around them. They were funny, smart, and even generous.

It was particularly irking to my N mom that I had crushes she could observe, with the pretty girls - and it especially angered her that I was near them. She'd be dismissive of my feelings saying it was just puppy love and I didn't know what the feelings of love were. I didnt learn to acknowledge those feelings until K was an adult, that love is still love even if you're a teenager.

I was often well liked and although weird, lots of people welcomed me into their circle, popular or not. My N mom couldn't stand that, and either humiliated me in front of others or even beat me in front of other kids.