On Aug 24, 8:28=A0pm, Greegor <Greego...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> http://groups.google.co.in/group/v-care-v-share/web/mean-mom
>
> MEAN MOM
>
> AS A TEENAGER I SAID: =A0Parents aren't perfect, you know.
>
> Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. We had the meanest mother in the
> whole world! While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have
> cereal, eggs, and toast. When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for
> lunch, we had to eat sandwiches. And you can guess our mother fixed us
> a dinner that was different from what other kids had, too.
>
> Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. You'd think we
> were convicts in a prison. She had to know who our friends were, and
> what we were doing with them. She insisted that if we said we would be
> gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.
>
> We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve to break the Child
> Labour Laws by making us work. We had to wash the dishes, make the
> beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, and empty the trash
> and all sorts of cruel jobs. I think she would lie awake at night
> thinking of more things for us to do. She always insisted on us
> telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. By the
> time we were teenagers; she could read our minds and had eyes in the
> back of her head. Then, life was really tough!
>
> Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn when they drove up.
> They had to come up to the door so she could meet them. While everyone
> else could date when they were 12 or 13, we had to wait until we were
> 16.
>
> Because of our mother we missed out on lots of things other kids
> experienced. None of us have ever been caught shoplifting, vandalising
> others' property or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her
> fault.
>
> Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults. We are
> doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was. I think that is
> what's wrong with the world today. It just doesn't have enough mean
> moms!
>
> Some day when my children are old enough to understand the logic that
> motivates a parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
>
> I loved you enough... to ask where you were going, with whom, and what
> time you would be home.
>
> I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new or
> best friends were creeps.
>
> I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned
> your room, a job that should have taken me just 15 minutes.
>
> I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, and tears in
> my eyes.
>
> I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your
> actions even when the penalties were so harsh they almost broke my
> heart.
>
> But most of all, I loved you enough... to say "NO" when I knew you
> would hate me for it.
>
> Those were the most difficult battles of all. I'm glad I won them,
> because in the end you won, too.
>
> And some day when your children are old enough to understand the logic
> that motivates parents, you will tell them.
>
> You Are Fortunate if, Your Mom Is 'Mean'
Your ex-wife was a mother and you were convicted twice for abusing
her.
Lisa Watkins is a mother and you were responsible for her losing
custody of her daughter for half the little girl's life.
And then there was Lisa's mother.
Who did you have in mind when you posted this, grag?
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