Posted by sid on April 3, 2002, at 21:17:31
In reply to Re: Your Mom and You » sid, posted by IsoM on April 2, 2002, at 22:25:38
IsoM, Thanks for the thought.
I get along pretty nicely with my Mom, thank God! And she knows what I think about them; she actually thinks some of the same, but being a Mom, she can stand them more than me. Or she feels obligated to, I don't know.
It's weird, my sister started therapy and may take ADs (she's going back to the doc next week), so I've spent amore time with her lately. She asked for info, which I gave her (lucky her: 7 years of my experience into a couple of hours of conversation!), and we talked about different things. As it turns out, I still find her not too bright and she still gets on my nerves, as always. She made a VERY derogatory and sexist comment against a female politician last weekend, I could NOT believe what I heard. It's the kind of thing her husband would say. All this to say, I made efforts to get closer to her lately (in December she complained that she always wanted to be close to me but it never happened), but I won't anymore. I spent 7 years in the US and she did not bother to call me once, because it was long distance! And I'm the one to blame for us not being closer. Anyway... I stop here, it's not worth thinking about, I've got better things to do.
All this to say that my Mom is my family to me. And I will avoid family gatherings as much as I can. I even missed Xmas 2000. Spent a very nice evening alone, sipping Porto wine, eating cheese and chocolate, watching movies and reading. My best Xmas since my teenage years. I do believe I will do the same this year. :-)
You're not just a cyber-person to me either... even though I have trouble remembering your real name (last e-mail). As I wrote before, I'm sorry about that.
- sid
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