Morning Conversations

My Mommy Dearest has this amazing ability to forget the history of events – especially if I have caught her in an unjust act. She has this inclination to suspend reality to spin things her way - which fails and leads to an argument every time because I. Forget. Nothing. I soak up everything like a sponge especially when it concerns the way she treats everyone as opposed to me. So, I find it amusing she thinks I wouldn’t notice/remember the fact that she made more of Sister 1’s car payments than irresponsible lazy owner did herself. I had to go to my parents and beg for money to pay my school and if the loss of dignity wasn’t enough I offered to let them count as birthday and Christmas presents. Did S1 do this? No, of course not. It annoys me that I try to do the right thing and get shit for it when others clearly don’t and nothing is thought of it.

MD: “If that Sister 2 messes up her school scholarship I am not going to pay for it.”

Me: “Well, good luck with that because I don’t imagine S1 is planning on making any of her payments; which means you are going to be stuck making them all.”

MD: “I have paid out way more on you than I have her. You know there is a nice lookin’ used mustang for sale down the street.”

Me: (Remembering that MD only paid four of my school payments for me, two for a birthday gift and two for Christmas) “Your ability to skew reality astounds me.”

MD: “What am I skewing?...(as I walk out of the room)…I just mentioned a car.”