Adoring how she points out that while concern now is nice, concern when she was a helpless child held hostage by her father’s rage would have been better.

“very, very few people in this world would voluntarily up and leave a genuinely good and loving family”

That’s terrible. I’m glad your mother loved you and tried her best despite her personal struggles and I’m so sorry you went through so much with your father. Hugs to you.

I agree completely. I was raised by an alcoholic, abusive mother but she tried to be better, went to rehab, apologized, acknowledged that she was a shitty mom a lot of the time. She was but I never doubted that she loved me and she always tried to be better than her addiction and mental illness made her capable of.

Yeah, what is the comeback to:

My (half)sister and brother still love and keep in touch with my stepfather. The man is a toxic waste of fucking space. He’s an alcoholic who’s never achieved anything in life besides fathering some wonderful people on women who deserved better than him. He beat my mother for years. He’s accused my sister of “being a…

Damn. Damn.

I feel this.

For those being cruel, please remember that you now resemble my father and I would be more than happy to pen your obituary as well.

I’m sorry that you relate! It sucks :(

Boom! If I was in Galveston, I’d buy this woman a drink. I like her style.

I had a very “problematic” relationship with my mother. I think we tried our best with each other but it didn’t really work out, try as I did. At my mother’s wake, funeral, and the post-funeral gathering my same-sex husband was openly weeping. She loved him, strange as that relationship was, and the feeling was…

I briefly* ran a parenting group for people who had their children removed from the home. Many of them were ‘decent’ people with substance abuse or mental health issues (who) were willing to change and learn positive parenting and discipline techniques; often having learned violence or hurtful behavior from their own…

Your grandmother sounds like she has a big heart and wants to believe the best in her family. That must be so frustrating and disheartening to have to watch. Hugs to you <3

Agreed.

I predict that most of her critics were the types of people who would support Trump anyway. Those types tend to make it their mission to rush to the defense of abusive men, online and elsewhere.

How very Joan Crawford of her.

Preach it.

People need to remember: even the worst human beings in this world fuck and pop out babies. Sometimes, inexplicably, on purpose. Does having a kid suddenly redeem you from being a shitty human being? Does it entitle you to automatic love and respect? It sure as hell shouldn’t.

Oh yeah. I get this a LOT from relatives and friends, particularly now that my mother is getting older and developing some health issues. Will I be sad when my mother dies? Sure. I’m guessing I’ll also be relieved, angry, frustrated, and a whole raft of other emotions. This shit isn’t simple. However, I’m positive…