Product of a broken home (ahaha!)
Had a conversation with my Mother:
"Did you get the coconut palm you wanted for your birthday?" as she'd sent me money for one.
"No, I paid dad's phone bill... But thank you for it"
"You what."
"Well... I'm ok. And I'll sign the contract on Monday, so I will be fine this summer."
Pause.
"Besides it's ok I'm the same, I inherited it from him."
"Yes!" says my mother. "You're exactly like me in most ways but you sure like your father when it comes to money, and so is your brother"
"Yeah.."
"I mean I am very cautious when it comes to money you know"
"Yeah.."
"And that's why, that's why we split up, I couldn't take it, he wouldn't tell me what was going on, and he lied.."
"Yeah.."
"And you know that right?"
"I know. I understand."
And by God, that's the first time in the 12 years since the divorce she's talked to me about it.
"Did you get the coconut palm you wanted for your birthday?" as she'd sent me money for one.
"No, I paid dad's phone bill... But thank you for it"
"You what."
"Well... I'm ok. And I'll sign the contract on Monday, so I will be fine this summer."
Pause.
"Besides it's ok I'm the same, I inherited it from him."
"Yes!" says my mother. "You're exactly like me in most ways but you sure like your father when it comes to money, and so is your brother"
"Yeah.."
"I mean I am very cautious when it comes to money you know"
"Yeah.."
"And that's why, that's why we split up, I couldn't take it, he wouldn't tell me what was going on, and he lied.."
"Yeah.."
"And you know that right?"
"I know. I understand."
And by God, that's the first time in the 12 years since the divorce she's talked to me about it.