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As I think of them, I’m going to list ridiculous (horrible?) things my mom said or did when I was younger:
- She let me fall asleep in the bathtub for an extended amount of time when I was in high school (I woke up confused and freezing)
- She left me home alone when I was very young (I think 7?) with my little brother; while she was gone, there was an earthquake (it was pretty big but not huge)
- In 7th grade I took care of my brother after school because she worked late afternoon/evening. We knew to never open the door and after we ignored knocks, someone started to come in. We looked at each other and didn’t say anything. We got up, I grabbed our dog and we went into the bathroom in my bedroom and went in the tub and closed the curtain. It was terrifying. She apparently knew the apartment manager (her friend) was coming but didn’t tell us? I was so panicked that our dog was going to bark, but he didn’t.
- She said on multiple occasions that I had “gorilla arms” cuz they are long
- She once asked “When are you going to grow tits?”
- She blamed my brother and I for her getting rid of her Mustang to get a different car (we were young and didn’t even remember her asking us)
- When I was in high school she called me a bitch; I don’t remember why, and if you know me, you know how shy I was back then, but I actually slapped her across the face I was so angry. She told me to never do that again and I yelled at her to never call me that again. #splitinfinitivesforlife
- In high school I wrote about my dad; she said if she had died that it’d be reversed and I’d like her more
- She briefly turned my brother away from me when I got a car that cost $7400 with a loan because SHE needed the money…while I had long since moved out and was on my own. How DARE I buy a car!
- Adding onto the previous bullet, I DID give her money for a long time…monthly!
- And one more addition: I got $5k or something when my dad died and she spent all of it
- I’m sure there are a lot more bullets, but this is good for now. Maybe there will be a Part II sometime.
My brother gave me a few of his to share:
- After I moved out, she called him a “little monster from Hell” because he wouldn’t wash her dishes
- She told him he chewed like a monkey
- She told him he had frog legs
- She told him what a horrible asshole his dad (he’s technically my half-brother but we grew up together and he’s just “brother”) was and a couple hours later she made it a point to tell him how he was just like his dad
- She disowned him to his face when he was 10 (only because he told me and our sister that she kissed a guy that we already assumed she was kissing)
There are more long-term things she did that were horrible. I might blog about them sometime. I haven’t talked to her in over a year. At that time I told her if she entered counseling/therapy and showed me proof that I’d keep talking to her and talk to that person, but she refused. She just has this same cycle of self-centered victimization nonsense that is mentally draining and I decided I’d put up with it long enough. It’s been nice to not be stressed out over her childish antics. #splitinfinitivesforlife
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