Sheila, I agree with you. Words hurt worse that sticks and stones! When the church that my husband and I were to be married in was being built, my then fianc� was working with my father helping with something. Larry told me that my father had made a comment that Larry didn't even know how to use a hammer properly. That stuck with my husband and even to this day, after my father has been dead for almost 4 years, Larry has had a resentment for my father. When I faced my mother with what Dad had said about Larry, she denied that he would have said anything like that. But then, my mother suffered abuse from my father that I did not know about and refused to admit that anything was wrong.
Patti -----Original Message----- From: Sheila McTeague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 1:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [BookCrossing] Re: what are you reading My sister and I talk a lot about our mother making her comments. A lot of times I think she doesn't think what she says. But we will never change her. She thinks of what she says is nothing that we are the ones that are too sensitive. What she said to my son was unforgivable. I told her about it and she deined it. She told me she would never have said that to her grandson. But she did I was sitting right next to her. My husband was there too and he heard it. Of all times to say something it was on Christmas. he ran upstairs to his room and would never come out til she was gone. My mother even tried to knock on his door but no response. She didn't know why he was acting that way. Geez Sheila http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/SciFisstrs Linda Sheehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I know what you mean! My Mom, who lived to be 100 (because she NEVER kept anything in) was not always kind in her comments either. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
