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newlifeinstpaul ([personal profile] newlifeinstpaul) wrote2016-10-12 09:23 pm

Meanwhile on Planet Crazy

B's mother sent her an email.

I think it was supposed to break her heart and make her feel ashamed of herself and quote-unquote settle this. Especially before the holidays. When people would ask about B and it would embarrass her folks to have to admit they don't know how she's doing.

CLEARLY they have no idea who they're talking to.

And her mum would make a great Trump backer. B let me read it. Her skills at composition woulda got her held back in the 10th grade in a school system as broken as Detroit. Seriously. They wouldn't have given her a diploma. Not even in the 'Hood.

Even Brenda's starting to say Years May Pass before they speak again. And this was the mum she used to talk to every week for hours at a time.

It isn't even about Trump any more. That would have been easier. At worst, they simply wouldn't have seen ME.

But then they had to get Really Stupid. Even I had no idea 'bout That Much Dumb. It's like seeing what you thought was an oil drip on the ground...? That becomes a Boomtime Texas Gusher.

More later, I guess.

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[identity profile] newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com 2016-10-13 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
If--as a parent--you're gonna bring up that 'we gave you life' shit and your kid's OLDER than an 8th grader? Hell. Might as well lean into it, I guess.

Complain about that infamous shit-launched diaper or that time you shamed the whole family tree at the mall. But do better, no?

B should print a copy, mark it up with red pen and Post-Its and mail it back.
Edited 2016-10-13 20:06 (UTC)

[identity profile] msmidge.livejournal.com 2016-10-13 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"We gave you life" seems like a really crappy guilt trip anyway, if they then proceed to make your life miserable.