familial kidnapping
So true. I called my mom after I read this.I was just talking to my mother on the phone and she mentioned (in the same conversation) having spoken with 3 out of 4 of my siblings. I was somewhat startled and asked her if she spoke to all of her children every day. She said, “Well, no. Just you, Matthew, and Donald. Unless one of your brothers has done something bad and is hiding from me.” That means she speaks to 3 out of her 5 children. Every. Day. And the most disturbing part is that I’m sure WE all call HER, not the other way around. I talk to my mom at least twice a day, but usually more like three times. I can’t imagine why she answers the phone. I’m sure with my own children I would be like GET A LIFE AND LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE. Of course, I won’t be having my own children, so I guess we’ll never know. It’s becoming clear to me that we children suffer from some bizarre variant of Stockholm Syndrome. We can’t let go of our (let’s face it) slight obsession, even though, like all mothers, she is crazy and erratic.
