Posted by Dinah on March 28, 2003, at 9:06:18
In reply to Re: Can I rent a mother? ours is for rent maybe., posted by lostsailor on March 27, 2003, at 22:44:22
You really have a mom like that?
"I feel like I just want someone to stay with me and tell me I can do it, and that I'm not alone, and that everything is going to be ok."
She does these things? My mother is more likely to tell me that the world is coming to an end, that everything is unfair, that everyone is against us, that my dad is a monster who eats small children for hreakfast (no, they aren't divorced), and that it's her and me against the world. But she did tell me that I could do anything, and in fact expected me to. :))
It took me to my teens to be able to tell her that things may not be as black as her drama queen stances would indicate, and to be able to tell what was realistic and what really was in her own mind.
If you have a mom like that, hug her lots and lots and thank her lots and lots. Tell her she's an inspiration to other moms who hope that someday their sons will be able to say that about them. (You don't have to tell her that other mom is me.)
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