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more about #ediebeale Her Grace: SNOWED IN: I...am having mom issues lately. Am starting to suspect I am not the only one with legit, diagnosable mental health conditions in this family. Somet... more » BytheSea: I can identify with your statement about the stages of grieving. Accepting that my mother has narcicistic personality disorder meant losing a lot. I l... more » LoSpaz: My mother is great. My problem is my mother-in-law. "Mentally ill manipulator" describes her perfectly. She's paranoid, depressed, and the best guilt-... more » avocadosaredelicious: reading all these comments makes me sad, but grateful I'm not alone. It also makes me want to finally seek the counseling I've considered for years i... more » sassy: Reading all of these comments makes me want to call my daddy and tell him how wonderful he is. And then bring him a sugarfree cheesecake and put on so... more » lillywolf: My mother told me, when I was young, that 'feminist' was a term she felt all women should self-identify with. She also believed in respecting children... more » GoodBadNotEvil: Did you guys really post a link to Amazon, after the AmazonFail fiasco?? more » LaComtesse: How me and my mom roll... Italian wedding style. more » neatgrl: I have a toxic relationship with my mother. She keeps me coming back and it was only until therapy did I realize that I didn't and shouldn't take it a... more » Cimorene: My mother keeps talking about how she wants to "get" another daughter--like, from Guatemala or something. Because she raised my sister and me wrong--... more » Triana Orpheus: My mom can eat a dick for mother's day. And my dad can eat one on father's day. I'm not calling her. She can't guilt, scare, or threaten me into havin... more » ToUnfoldThem: I adore my mom in a way I can't even describe to other people. She was always my mom, and not my friend when I was younger, but as I grew up, our rel... more » TurtleWexlerKickedMe: Sheesh. If it's not one thing, it's your mother. more » sassy: I can't remember the last time I spoke to or saw my mother. Sometimes I see her car (we live in the same town) but we don't interact. She spent most o... more » rednrowdy: my mom has been/is going through some rough stuff and all things considered, she is doing the best she can. she's a tough broad, and i only hope that ... more » LovelyHue: I may be the only person on this planet whose relationship with her mother is dandy - the normal fights for control and power, but otherwise dandy - a... more » iheartapocalypse: Talking to my mother is like play battleship. "No one will ever love you."Miss. "I don't love you."Miss. "You will never be successful at anything."Mi... more » MargaretMoony: Over time I've learned this: You can love someone and not really like them at the sametime. This is how I feel about my mother. more » MissyMcCLung: These comments make me so scared for when my daughter grows up! My mom and I are close, but that is because she is crazy and we take care of her. Bu... more » hello.kitty: It saddens me that so many of us here are afraid that we will become our mothers. Yes it's the cultural conditioning,the patriarchy, etc. Ladies, lis... more » -
#motherlode
How Not To Become Mom When Mom Is A Mentally-Ill Manipulator
Just in time for Mother's Day (May 10): Stories of madness, control, and thwarted ambition. She'll love it! More » -
#maghag
Us Weekly's Grey Gardens Cover Leaves Much To Be Desired
Us created a mock-up cover — featuring Big and Little Edie — as a promo for Grey Gardens to appear along this week's issue. We thought we could do a better job, so we did. More » -
#staunch
Grey Gardens Behind The Scenes: Edie's Grandkids Talk About The Beale Family
In these behind-the-scenes clips, writer/director Michael Sucsy discusses his extensive research (which included reading Little Edie's journals), and the Beales' descendants fondly remember the Edies. More on costume and production design, after the jump. More » -
#staunch
Grey Gardens, The Movie Fashions: The Best Costumes For The Day
Little Edie Beale was famous for her creativity with scarves, bathing suits, and skirts. (Today's LA Times says if she were alive today she'd be a stylist.) Check out how faithfully HBO recreated her looks. More » -
#exclusive
More On HBO's Grey Gardens: "The Hallmark Of Aristocracy Is Responsibility"
HBO's Grey Gardens — premiering April 18 — satisfies the hunger fans have for more on the Beale women better than pâté, ice cream and hotplate-boiled corn. We know, cause we got a copy. More » -
#staunch
Extended Grey Gardens Trailer
This trailer gives us a full two-minute glimpse at the forthcoming HBO movie, which will delve into the Beales' money problems, Edie's jealousy over Jackie O, and Easthampton's raid on the estate. -
#themarblefaunismovingin
Grey Gardens: The Movie Promo Is Here!
In the words of Edie Beale, "I'm pulverized by this latest thing!" But in a good way. Here's the trailer for HBO's Grey Gardens, and Drew Barrymore's (sans lisp) accent is awesomely spot on. More » -
#themarblefaun
Grey Gardens: Where Are They Now?
For PBS' documentary series Independent Lens, filmmaker Albert Maysles tracked down Jerry Torre, the young man featured in the 1975 cult classic Grey Gardens, and found out what his life is like today. -
