It doesn't matter! It is only three simple words when you think about in the scheme of things. That is the only the truth. The problem is I'm an asshole. I must be? You see, it mattered to me.
Why do you ask? It's an honest question. The simple answer is it's based on what you believe. We are all humans whatever that means. We have the free will to do what we will do. So why a stupid answer to a complex question? Is the one that any idiot can ask. Don't take offense if you believe I'm talking about you. I'm not. I just want you to look at my sad story from a different point of view. Assholes are not born they are created by the experiences of life.
Bullshit you say. I say thank you for putting a smile on my face. Others who have read this far are saying what a rube. Neither is wrong. Neither is right. I hope that when the two of you meet you won't fight. I'm not worth it to some. Others will say I wish I'd thought of that. That's life in someone else's eyes we are all full of shit. If you don't believe that I'll introduce you to my mom. I have proof of that if you want to see. In her eyes, she was a God. What she flushed down the toilet daily meant more to her than any man did.
Before I go any further, I feel its best that I explain. My mother was orange my father he was green. Most of the readers of this story are saying: WTF does this mean. Let me explain in a simple way that any rube can understand. After all, I must be an idiot for writing this. Being orange meant you were Catholic, being green meant you where Protestant who the Catholic's basically threw out for not being good enough.
That's the world I was born into. I was the third child born of a woman who in today society would be considered by some females as a dominating bitch. I honestly can't say she realized it. She ruled her world with an iron fist. It was: do as I say not as I do! If you disagreed in her eyes you ceased to exist.
Most men as we all know the end up marrying what we know. I know it's the truth. I learned it the hard way because I ended up marrying someone like my mom. I had to be a glutton for punishment. Perhaps I was trained by my mother to be some females bitch.
Now to the reason I authored this story. Ten weeks ago, I received a message on Facebook from a person I had not spoken to in almost forty-five years. The lady wanted my current address and phone number. I asked myself why after so long did she want this information. The only answer I could produce was the fact that when I left home, she was the daughter of a woman we called our Aunt. We had always considered her children as equal cousins. The problem was Elaine was my sister Debra's lifelong friend.
Elaine's parents had been the maid of honor and best man at my parents' wedding. That was why we were taught to call them Uncle and Aunt. At the time of her contacting me my sister Debra and I were the only original members of my parent's family alive. Elaine's parent first names had been Shelia and Dan. Her last name was now Brown. Her husband's name was Alvin. My sister Debra had married a man named Mike and had two daughters named Crystal and Tammy. Our older sister Donna had died as had my younger sister Trudy.
My walk in life was confronting me. My sister Debra is a walking talking mini version of our Mom. Donna and I took after our dad. The problem was my sister Debra hated me. Yes, I'm an Asshole. I must be. How can anyone say that about their family? Perhaps you should read the letter I wrote to Debra and Elaine.
I'm sending this letter registered so that I can prove that you both have received it. I'm sorry Elaine and Debra that it has come to this! It's time to finish it for good. It means I must reveal things that you don't want to recall or have chosen out of the need to forget. Whether you decide to believe me or not doesn't matter because of the outcome you Debra have forced.
Elaine your mother, God bless her soul was one of the most honest and straight forward females I have ever known. My last conversation with her near-death lasted for over three hours. When it ended thanks to her, I was a changed man. My eyes had been opened.
I want to inform you, Elaine, that growing up with your family during our childhood years gave me a blessing that I have carried with me throughout my walk in life. Little did I know that I was being trained to accept those who are physically or mentally challenged as being complete individuals in their own unique way. It has been an unexpected blessing that has served me well.
Now on to the last conversation I had with your mother Elaine. I learned some things I had never known. Like the fact that when my father and mother were dating my mother was playing the field by seeing someone else on the side. According to your mother, my Aunt Shelia the other man was considered by both to be an demanding strong male. My father was not. It was when my mother got a biological scare that she was forced to decide. My father she believed was the one that she could convince to marry her first. My mom did not love my dad when they got married. I was also informed that at the time of this conversation with your mother she still did not. Your mother pointed out that my mother had no love for me either because in her eyes I was just 'his son."
Elaine according to your mother My mother loved her three daughters unconditionally. The problem was me she could not because I was the product of someone, she did not consider a man. That statement told me a lot. It also explained why she would not allow me to have an honest relationship with my father.