Oh have I got a doozy!
I'll set the scene for you:
We are having an argument in a hotel in Rome, Italy. (Me & N mother)
She had just spent the day humiliating me in front of our tour group.
After I cried (as usual), & asked her why she treated her own flesh & blood this way, she starts crying & says (ready??? WAIT FOR IT...OK, here it comes!!!)
"I have NEVER had a mother who loved me & sat me on her lap & brushed my hair!"
*sniff sniff*.
You know what I said??? I said...calmly (I'm proud of that!)
"Me either, mother!"
You know what she said??? NOTHING!!!!
No empathy, did not use that moment to apologize, not fall into each other's arms with over due regret. NOTHING!!!
Oh, BTW, her brother & sister SWEARS she wanted nothing to do with her parents! Treated them coldly from the time she was little. So, I'm not sure if I believe her story of abuse!
My grandma (who really was a sweet woman), used to cry to ME & ask me "why does your mom hate me so much!" I used to tell her "I don't know grandma, but she hates me, too!"
ARRRRGGGGH!
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