Quote From: ritehereOne wonders if your mother has ever given a thought to what her life may be like if your father passes before she does? After all, he is the one that she has trained so well...
I wonder what crap sandwiches taste like when eaten all by yourself?
My mother has no Self-Observing Ego- no other-orientedness, no inherent practice of self-observation- and she has no desire for any such thing. She HAS learned to ‘sound good’ or at least ‘sound better’ more like a sweet little old lady who is just defocused. Others have come to recognize that, though.
She really does little more than try to use the same old tired ploys to lure me back into her day to day dramas. I’ve even told her, “You’re wearing my 78 yr. old father out with your ceaseless spectacles, faux crisis scenes, and dramas. When he’s gone bedside service will be a thing of the past.”
However, after I made the Crap sandwich comment she has not been as persistent. In fact, for the first time after I confronted her, my father has been calm and has a stable BP! I don't really know what she did upon returning home that day. What I DO know is that she-for a while-avoided me!
YES!!!
Brenda
