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Pat B
Now THAT made me laugh! I'm sure my Mother was horrified to see that little number being resurrected out of one of my boxes...! Can you imagine? Like a bad dream, re-visited....
posted by
Darson
on November 14, 2009 at 7:44 AM
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I'm sorry, but I can't stand united with your mother here,
although as members in good standing we're supposed to stick together. But that passive aggressive business is just wrong! On the other hand, it's possible though, that the appearance of mysterious moth holes might not have been a second assault against the skirt. They may just be scrubbed out bleach spots from your first rescue attempt. Which I guess ultimately leads back to the red nail polish...
posted by
Pat_B
on November 14, 2009 at 5:06 AM
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sam444
We are so not alone in the family struggles, are we? And for the record.....my skirt wasn't THAT short, I promise! I just came from a VERY conservative home. For my first marriage, my mother gave us both the gift of thick, plush, white terry-cloth robes that covered every stitch of us,head to toe...and advised us to wear them on our honeymoon. It was August.
posted by
Darson
on November 14, 2009 at 1:28 AM
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Kabu
Well if you believe in this sort of thing, you'll know that Someone far more compassionate had me and loved me at one time, long ago....that is the heritage I choose to acknowledge. We siblings were so open to loving them; (the parental units)...why they weren't able to do this, when they had such good hearted kids just waiting to be loved; I really can't say. It's too bad. But God fills in the gaps. He gave me a really great Sister named Kabu....!
posted by
Darson
on November 14, 2009 at 1:26 AM
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magic moon
...thanks very much!
Wish it weren't true...I want my skirt back! Ha ha ha....
posted by
Darson
on November 14, 2009 at 1:21 AM
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Samantha39
I know! We used to brag about stuff we'd gotten away with, to each other, the siblings...but never the ones (parental units) that we'd actually pulled a fast one on! She must've felt safe enough to tell, since I was an old married lady and perhaps wouldn't lose it in front of my kids' dad. I didn't, but I viewed her very differently afterwards...it was just one of a series of events that added up to the fact that she couldn't quite be trusted.
posted by
Darson
on November 14, 2009 at 1:20 AM
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Wiley
No need to sugar coat things....there's enough sweetness elsewhere. Wow I wish I had that kind of time and or/intellect to sit around all day and think up ways to manipulate my children...perhaps then they'd clean their rooms?
posted by
Darson
on November 14, 2009 at 1:17 AM
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What a funny story! This opened the floodgates of memories! I have a sister who loved revealing clothing and short, short, skirts! LMAO on this one! sam
posted by
sam444
on November 14, 2009 at 12:13 AM
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My parents deserved my love and I still adore their memory
How could someone so full of love & life how could you who make me rollwith laughter and then cry with compassion come from such .............
posted by
Kabu
on November 13, 2009 at 8:48 PM
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...great tale! moon
posted by
magic_moon
on November 13, 2009 at 8:38 PM
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it's so often we hear the kids tell the stories about
what they did way back, it's a twist of events to hear
the mother confessing of things.
posted by
Samantha39
on November 13, 2009 at 8:27 PM
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Darson
Beverly was right up there with her luv. What a story and you didn't skirt around it
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 13, 2009 at 8:21 PM
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FormerStudentIntern
...and she's...an interesting lady, I assure you!
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 8:17 PM
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That's an interesting trait your mother has.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 13, 2009 at 8:16 PM
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abanerjee
Hurray! I'm glad!
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 8:05 PM
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Yeah Darson, I have the skype, and I just talked to her. Thank you so much
posted by
anib
on November 13, 2009 at 7:32 PM
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abanerjee
She sounds terrific! Especially the independent and GIVES independence part...good mothering, indeed. When is the next time you will see her? In two years, did you say? Do you have Skype, the free download IM? It has the camera, too....you probably already use it. Thanks for sharing, Abanerjee!
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 7:01 PM
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Darson
She's independent, gives independence, loves the two of us brothers, I being the younger, worries a lot for me and rings me up almost every other day. I'll see her only after 2 yrs. Ok then, on a May ay, fine.
posted by
anib
on November 13, 2009 at 6:24 PM
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abanerjee
It is so amazing that these anecdotes are creating a feeling like that; my view is somewhat different; my mother and I are not extremely close, for various reasons. But I understand because I have an adopted mom that is an ANGEL. She lives here in town and if I had to be far from her, I would not like it. Tell me about your mom...? We bloggers should work on some sort of a tribute to mothers and mother types for May, mother's day.
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 6:05 PM
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Hi there Darson
I seem to have got addicted to your beautiful writes, just anything and everything out of the blues. You make me miss my mom back in India.
posted by
anib
on November 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM
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TAPS
Oh, Taps! That is so sweet. My mother is still amongst us; she is quite the little shtinker, if you haven't guessed. I wish we were close and just want her to be my mom, you know. I have an adopted mom that finished 'raising' me. I will be crying when she's not with us. I believe that your Mom is closer than you think, my friend. Big, big hugs to you.
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 5:52 PM
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This post made me cry. It made me cry because I love and miss my mother so much when I read something like this. She wasn't perfect I'm sure, but I thought she was.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 13, 2009 at 5:25 PM
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elinjo
Yeah, well Mother thought she was very clever....perhaps I shouldn't be the one to choose her nursing home, after all....I've heard that Withering Prunes is a lovely place!...
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 2:58 PM
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lovelyladymonk
LLM! Thank you!
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 2:56 PM
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elysianfields
Elyse! Well my kids think I'm nutty...so we're even, there...!
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 2:56 PM
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I love your stories, Darson.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on November 13, 2009 at 2:28 PM
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I read somewhere once that most murders are domestic crimes. Hm wonder why that came into my mind? Darson! I love your sense of humor!
posted by
elinjo
on November 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM
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LOL ~ oh you make me laugh, belly laugh and out loud --- me doggies think I'm nutty by now. This was rich ~ truly a Ma thing. I can relate some reactions to my wardrobe or style. But this is 'classic' ~ Write on Darson, I so enjoy ---
~ Elyse
posted by
elysianfields
on November 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM
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9STAR
So Mother would run out of nail polish if she lived at your place? That's so funny!!! If I said I was going to marry an American, my mother would say, "Big deal. I did..." I would have had to try something else. Glad it worked for you, though! That's great!
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 8:59 AM
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StrickGold
....Oh NO! Well I was always pretty prudish so I don't think that imagination thing (the lack thereof) was an issue, ever....but I'd be for getting rid of that skirt, too. I have a 14 year old, and she wears jeans, thank goodness!!! So...just out of curiosity...how DID you dispose of said 'item'?
posted by
Darson
on November 13, 2009 at 8:57 AM
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hahaha...........if your mother around me, she would be messing bunch of my
skirts......I were all length.....depends where I am going....
my mom don't destroy stuff but say horrible things ......I used to shut her mouth by saying,' I will go to America and marry someone out there'.......that was my way of fighting back.....
posted by
Star5_
on November 13, 2009 at 8:34 AM
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LMAO
I could so relate to this.... I did something similar to my step daughter mini skirt. It WAS too short
and she insisted on wearing it all the time, when she would bend over as she often did at the age of 14, it left nothing to the imagination.
posted by
StrickGold
on November 13, 2009 at 8:28 AM
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