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    Shamrockette: What the girls did to their mother was absolutely terrible and I would never do such a thing to her like that. However, it does make me feel lame for ... more »
    robotsattack: Uh- am I the only one who is a little disturbed by the nonchalant way the author describes her daughter disappearing for a year and then "miraculously... more »
    ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: Can't relate to the mother/daughter relationship, but I love Tom Waits' Dead and Lovely... amazing song. more »
    Ann.in.the.middle: I read this story as a daughter and a mother. My mother and I had a very volatile relationship in my teens. I hated her much of the time. I was marrie... more »
    stacyinbean: This makes me so sad. I had a terrible relationship with my mother in my teen years. In my early twenties we started seeing a bit more eye to eye and ... more »
    Beckysharpstick: Did anyone notice that she poured a glass of wine for her daughter after she came out of re-hab? That sentence, along with the bit about how she slagg... more »
    misspell: Tom Waits was my soundtrack of emancipation too. Sort of still is, or I guess it just brings back that teenage feeling... more »
    Slumdog_Mamabear: Tom Waits is the soundtrack to my RELATIONSHIP with my father. He is a manic depressive. Much like Waits he is so sad and so beautiful. It was hard... more »
    colormeroutine: A direct quote from my mom when I was in high school: "If you start coming home with track marks I think I'd probably notice-short of that I'd rather ... more »
    Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I have always thought that leaving home at 16 was the best thing I did for the relationship between my mother and I. I feel like I finally got the tru... more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: My mom hit early menopause in her 30s, so when I was a pre-teen she was in full-out estrogen loss and depression. It was not a fun time. But these day... more »
    Fizzy77: If my mother were to ever scorn my father in front of me I would have acted out too. Thank goodness my parents have handled their divorce like ADULTS. more »
    LolaQuinn is full of beans: I made my mom cry so much when I was a teenager. And when I was a pre-teen. Um...and when I was really little. I wasn't very easy to raise at any age... more »
    southernbitch: these types of stories always makes me realize how delicate a parent/child relationship is, with all the conflicting elements and emotions. and then i... more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: See Mom? Having a messy room didn't make me such a bad kid after all! (Seriously - every mother's day I remind my mom that she had two kids who did no... more »
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