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"He hit me."
"No, he shoved you. Big difference."
"No, he hit me. He meant it. Why are you taking his side?"
"Because you're used to money and you have nowhere to go. Besides that, it was your fault. You shouldn't have yelled. Personally I think you deserved it for being such a little snit. Go back and say you're sorry and get over it. You really are making way to big a deal about this."
"Please, I need to come home for just a couple of days. To figure out what I'm going to do."
"Uh no, we talked about this already. No child of mine is going to be a "boomerang kid". You're just going to have to growup."
She didn't know what disturbed her more, the fact that that she was being blamed for something that wasn't her fault or the fact it was her mother saying it.
Alice never did understand why her mother was always taking his side about things until she tried to come home. When her mother first made the comment about "boomerang kids" Alice was dumbfounded. But this time she spoke up, "This isn't the same as coming home because I got fired or can't get a job. This is being hit. This is being disrespected - " as she said the words her voice began to rise. It just made her angry that her own mother would think that this was okay."
"See, you're getting angry again. So you had a fight. Happens. You're not the easiest person to live with."
"Did daddy? Did he hit you or rough you up?" she was afraid to hear the answer but she needed to know. Maybe it would explain her mother's reaction to this.
"Your father? Oh no. He loves me. I don't think I could get him mad enough to raise a hand. No and never. But we're different so it's not the same. Now go home, put on something nice, and apologize. Hey you'll have make up sex. Now then your father will be home in acouple of hours and I've got supper to cook. You're going to have to go now because I've got a lot to do."
With those words she was dismissed. As she sat there in the car, keys in her hand she began to cry.
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from novel The Things We Do For Love by c ann ford 10-29-10 all rights reserved by the author
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Yeah, I know. Sounds a bit like a soap opera or a romance novel. "Plain Jane, hit by her horror of a husband and abandoned by her family, finds the courage to live and love again."
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The said thing is that it's not just a soap opera. As much as we'd love to say that the real world is a sparkly, it's not. People, including those who are supposed to care the most about you can be self serving azzholes. LOL, Sorry about that last bit but it's true.
There is never a good reason to hit (or shove) someone in anger. You don't desever it if it happens to you. Your friends and family should not blame it on you. People fight with words. If you live together long enough you probably will. You both take time out and try and figure out what happened. There's a way to solve the problems even if the only way to do it is apologize to each other. Sometimes you or they or both of you are in the wrong when this happens but that doesn't give anyone the right to hit or to say that the anger over a situation made it your fault.
It just doesn't.
Hugs, more to come.
Ann
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Note to anyone reading this;
ReplyDelete"...People, including those who are supposed to care the most about you can be self serving azzholes...."
should read
"...People, including those who are supposed to care the most about you, can be self serving azzholes...."
"...You don't desever it if it happens to you..."
should read
"...You don't deserve it if it happens to you..."
"... If you live together long enough you probably will. You both take time out and try and figure out what happened..."
should read
"... If you live together long enough you probably will fight but when you do, you should both take time out and try and figure out what happened..."
Thanks,
The edit bunny aka author Ann
PS,
ReplyDeleteNo, this isn't EMO. LOL
Yes, I do like 10cc.
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And, yes, I do miss writing to be read. Hugs.
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