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Friday, May 05, 2006
Open Letter to the Mother of the Child I Mentor
Lady,

Never have I ever wanted to call anyone up and bitch them out the way I want to bitch you out. And that includes Prince Fucking Charming.

First of all, it's bad enough that you've abandoned your own daughter. But then? You started calling her around Christmas, visiting her, and hanging out with her. Basically, you got her hopes up, and made her think that you were going to be a regular fixture in her life again. So this past month, when you've been ignoring her and avoiding her? You've fucking broken her heart. Again.

And then! When she finally did get a hold of you on the phone? You proceeded to, as she put it, "be mean to her" and criticize how her hair is always messy and how she's outgrown the skirts that she wears. You ended the conversation by telling her that she was "useless."

You know what? Maybe the reason that her hair is messy and she's outgrown her clothes is because she's being raised by her father, a man who loves her to bits but unfortunately is a blue collar worker forced to take overtime and extra shifts to provide for her. Maybe it's because he tries hard, but doesn't know how to braid hair. Maybe it's because she's growing up without a mother or any other positive female role model in her life, you heinous bitch.

And I don't care what goddamned issues you've got going on in your life, but don't you ever tell any child that they are "useless." Especially not one who is as smart, funny, kind, and loving as your daughter.

You know what she said to me today? She said, "I don't think I'm going to get anything for my mom for Mother's Day." I wanted to cry for her. I really did. But only for a second. And then I wanted to come find you and punch you in the chest so you have a fraction of a feeling of what your kid felt when you told her she was useless.

I hope that there's a special section of hell reserved for you.

~ Eightk

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2 Comments:

Blogger Stouff said...

You know, the silver lining in the cloud is that, having felt that hurt and the rejection will most probably spur her on to be the complete antithesis of her mother in later life. I speak from experience, as my father was treated abysmally by my grandfather, and he has bust his gut not to put me or my sister through anything like that. Triumph in the face of adversity an all that, but at least she knows that you and her dad care about her....

Anonymous Anonymous said...

As bad as this sounds, at least the kid is smart enough that she's picking up on the fact that her mom is an @$$.
No kid should *have* to learn that, but it's better than her thinking her POS mom is great.

Also: What Stouff said. Been there.

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