by BooshaGirl » Tue May 28, 2013 8:37 am
That's the saddest bit, Peter. I miss my mom SO MUCH every day...she died 2 years ago. However, my mom wasn't out doing what Geraldine did, either.
Mothers are supposed to tell the truth, love and nurture their children and keep them from harm. It is just sickening me that your MOTHER could throw you "under the bus" like this--as a child OR an adult! I'd live in a cardboard BOX if it meant protecting my children.
Perhaps Geraldine is just one of THOSE kind of women who just can't be unselfish. Geraldine seems very odd to me--kind of like a drug-addicted person living in a trailer park having babies with man after man...and the men BEAT her. Judging by her grammar and speech, she wasn't well educated...but neither was my mom--but she was intelligent and cared for her five children--and sacrificed her own comforts to provide us with clothes, food and education (dad died when I was 6 and my siblings older). Anyway, people blame and blame and blame their parents for their own bad decisions. I'm glad you don't. You accept responsibility--even though I wouldn't blame you for blaming your mom. She's a real head case. The whole thing makes me very sad.
Don't rule out a reunion, though. If your mom died, you'd feel better if you had at LEAST been on speaking terms or told her one last time you "forgave" her or whatever--if she deserves it or not. You're the better person. I don't know, though--I'm not you and I wasn't brought up in your circumstances. All I know is that I'm so happy I can live guilt free because I had no unresolved issues with my mom. I sang to her as she died. Damnit...now I'm crying.