THIS!!
THIS!!
inconsistent parenting is more damaging to the developing psyche than all out negativity. The inability to predict the caregiver’s behaviour is very destructive.
and beat you and called you a whore (but I totes don’t remember those parts, I was so drunk!) because I was saaaaaaad.
I think honest pieces like this are so necessary, especially around things like Mother’s Day or the death of someone’s mom. When I moved away for college, I never looked back. Well, that’s a lie because I do find myself looking back at how horrible my mom was - especially to me. Now that I’m a parent and do the things…
The only joke she seemed to have genuinely taken was Patrice’s bit about The Poltergeist/Gorilla, which she then basically inverted to show how rape-y/disgusting they were.