Comments on: But you’re my mother https://sorrywatch.com/but-youre-my-mother/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Wed, 12 Aug 2020 21:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: vardley https://sorrywatch.com/but-youre-my-mother/#comment-207996 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 05:22:21 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5067#comment-207996 I had a very similar conversation with my mother once.

We were arguing about something and she said something extremely hurtful, aimed at a weak spot she knew I had. I started screaming at her. I’ll never forget it. “YOU’RE MY MOTHER! You’re SUPPOSED TO LOVE ME!” and then I burst into tears. My father was also present. He gathered me into his arms and patted me and said, “She does love you, she does love you, sometimes people say things they don’t mean.”

This happened at least 30 years ago and my mother is four years dead and I never quite forgave her.

But she never apologized for it, either.

]]> By: Margaret Cunningham https://sorrywatch.com/but-youre-my-mother/#comment-207970 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 21:45:26 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5067#comment-207970 How I wish I had confronted my mother in so many issues! “You’re my mother!”

]]> By: Snarly https://sorrywatch.com/but-youre-my-mother/#comment-207966 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:14:03 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5067#comment-207966 Nothing makes my children more upset than me laughing at something that upset them. So I relate to your tale. (Also, I know Sukey’s real name, and thus can guess the ACTUAL rhyme.).

Nadja’s story is less amusing, on multiple levels.

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