Posted by jammerlich on November 14, 2005, at 23:15:42
I've been thinking a lot lately about the mother and whether or not she knew what the father was doing to me. Of course I think they all *should* know, but what I'm talking about is when signals as big as billboards are there and they just don't get it. Are they really that blind or do they simply choose to ignore?
I remember a point when I was certain she knew and that it would all finally end. She was in the hallway, holding something she'd found that I had been hiding - something no 7-year-old should have to worry about. I was so relieved because I thought, "She knows, she finally knows." But she started yelling at me. Scolding me for not properly laundering these things. I was so ashamed (I'm still ashamed), yet even then I was certain she'd talk to him - make it stop. But it didn't stop.
I think she knew and turned her back on me. Is it possible to miss something like that?
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