by kisstheviolets » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:27 pm
bosch: so sorry about your kitten, dude. i'm sure she'll come around. who could stay away from you for long?
crapola: my mom has been "dating" the redneck next door neighbor for a few years now (and while she's separated from my stepdad now, she wasn't when she started "dating" him), and despite the fact that he's an obnoxious, worthless piece of shit, she has continued to see him though it causes problems in our relationship.
so last month they got in a fight and he threw a full bottle of beer at her, hitting her in the elbow and creating a welted bruise about the size of an apple. after having to physically stop me from bludgeoning him with a baseball bat, she said she would never tolerate that sort of behavior from a man and that she was done with him. she wouldn't let me call the police or take a picture of it. i had to go back east the next day for the bar exam and when i got back home i learned that she was still talking to him.
and now she has told me that she's getting back together with him. and somehow i'm an asshole because i supposedly want her to sacrifice her happiness for mine. that's funny, because all i really want is for her to come to her senses, be the strong, sensible woman i've always admired, and kick this fucker to the curb. i just can't understand what's going on with her and why she's behaving this way when she's never put herself in this type of situation before (she grew up watching her mother be beaten by men and vowed to never be a victim).
i know she's a grown woman and can make her own decisions, but she's still my mom, and i still worry. and this just all feels particularly craptastic.
"Threads that are golden don't break easily." - Tori Amos, "Horses"