On Sun, Apr 26, 2015, 9:19 PM, Patrick Fox wrote:
Tell me, Desiree, when you were a teenager and your parents told you not
to do something, punished you for doing things they told you not to do,
did it make you obey them? Did it help to guide you in the right
direction? Did it make you a better person?
Or did it make you sneak behind their backs and get a job as a stripper
so that you wouldn't have to live by their rules; and hook up with a
married man who had a child (Michael); and run off to Los Angeles with a
guy you had just met a few days earlier?
In case you've forgotten - you did all the second paragraph, not the
first. You and every other child/teenager that has ever had parents
that tried to force them, under the threat of punishment, to do or not
do something.
That is why I say that you're an idiot who is a terrible parent. You,
like most people, just keep using the same tactics that your parents
used, as if for you it's somehow going to turn out differently. It
won't. It never does. Sage is going to grow up and become a drug user
and a criminal and probably be in prison by the time he's 22; he'll have
numerous kids with different women; and you and him will still cling to
your beliefs about the importance of family, even though you've ruined
his life. Meanwhile, Gabriel will have spent his time with you; gotten
his fill of how people on the other side of the tracks live; and been
smart enough to have gotten away from it before it's too late.
Now go be that wonderful parent you try to pretend you are. Maybe you
can have Gabriel's eye checked; maybe you can take him to the dentist;
maybe you can provide him some parently guidance to help him maneuver
through life. Or maybe you can do as you always do - nothing...just
force him to shadow you when you go visit your trashy relatives and talk
about how you've done such a good job raising him.
One final note: you see where I call you an idiot - but I have the
decency to explain WHY I believe you're an idiot? See how nice and
civilized I am? When was the last time you backed up your claims
against me, huh?
Cheers,
Fox
