Her friends liking her mother more than herself is interesting. How is that her mother’s fault? Andy should have been asking herself why that is. So far I am not feeling her pain. Quite the opposite.
One time I was playing with my friends – 2 sisters, who were a year apart – at their house. One time their mother actually said to them, “Why can’t you be more like Karen?” I wanted to die.
My mother had excellent social skills and I was autistic (we didn’t know at the time that this was my problem). I struggled to develop basic social skills because I wanted friends! When I would ask my father if I were doing better, he would say I was doing better, but LOOK at your Mother! She’s amazing" (or something to that effect). I found that extremely discouraging. I also took to finding skills I could do better than my mother and flaunting them.
My mother was just the opposite. She would say nothing in public but at home she would heat up the wire hanger and apply it to my back, arms, or legs and would continue until I stopped moving or flinching. I thank dog for emancipation at 16.
Wow! All that energy wasted in putting each other down when you could have combined forces to ridicule the ghastly solecism of the misspelled “embarassing.”Isn’t that embarrassing?
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
Jason, your mother and grandmother are having a serious conversation; don’t get all greedy of what’ll be on your Christmas wish list.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
Horrible timing, Jason! Just horrible…
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
I wonder if Bill wrote this arc from experience.
tripwire45 almost 5 years ago
Sometimes the “perfect” Moms aren’t so perfect.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Andy would give her friends her famous kale/parsnip/tofu snacks in a room that was around 33 degrees F. How could they not like her!!??
rebroxanna almost 5 years ago
Her friends liking her mother more than herself is interesting. How is that her mother’s fault? Andy should have been asking herself why that is. So far I am not feeling her pain. Quite the opposite.
Wren Fahel almost 5 years ago
One time I was playing with my friends – 2 sisters, who were a year apart – at their house. One time their mother actually said to them, “Why can’t you be more like Karen?” I wanted to die.
dv1093 almost 5 years ago
She had friends?
chromosome Premium Member almost 5 years ago
My mother had excellent social skills and I was autistic (we didn’t know at the time that this was my problem). I struggled to develop basic social skills because I wanted friends! When I would ask my father if I were doing better, he would say I was doing better, but LOOK at your Mother! She’s amazing" (or something to that effect). I found that extremely discouraging. I also took to finding skills I could do better than my mother and flaunting them.
jel354 almost 5 years ago
Andy, you shouldn’t steal money from your mother’s purse. Did she think her friends would agree that was a good idea?
BiggerNate91 almost 5 years ago
I feel like everyone’s missing the point of all this.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
My mother was just the opposite. She would say nothing in public but at home she would heat up the wire hanger and apply it to my back, arms, or legs and would continue until I stopped moving or flinching. I thank dog for emancipation at 16.
KEA almost 5 years ago
competing with one’s parents (or children) is inevitably useless
Alan Carpenter Premium Member almost 5 years ago
@RobertRomero @Furienna
Wow! All that energy wasted in putting each other down when you could have combined forces to ridicule the ghastly solecism of the misspelled “embarassing.”Isn’t that embarrassing?