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September 07, 2009 |
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It Saddens Me
FOUND by Amy
in Indiana
I found this in a copy of the book "The Bridges of Madison County" that I bought at a yard sale. The mom in that book had a romantic rendezvous when her kids were out of town.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
No "magnify" option, today. I wonder what was on the other side? and I wonder if the writer sent the note, or just used it as a bookmark after they changed their mind.
I was thinking daughter (that handwriting looks feminine to me) gave Mom the book with the note inside. Mom didn't notice the note, didn't read the book, and sold the book at her next yard sale. I too wonder what the other side says, though...
ysfunctional for years. Still, ever since he lef
I've figured out the explaination for this find, it is
You'd be bitter too, if you had Clint Eastwood and lost him.
"How dare you be who you are, Mom! Be who I expect you to be! Make me happy, don't make me uncomfortable by having life issues. You're Mom, you're supposed to be there for me, not me for you. That's why I am the kid and you are the parent!"
Or words to that effect.
Maybe the writer, like Mom and Jennifer, needs a little help too. Those who most need it tend to think it's "other people" who do.
I'm taking up a collection of periods for this author. Please donate whatever you can.
Sounds like a bad divorse.
It would probably make me a little bitter if my daughter started trying to tell me how I need to be. And especially if she tried to make me feel guilty with her sadness about the way I am and how I'm not being the way I used to be, the way she wants for me to be. People change.
It is what it is.
So, I was thinking what Night in Gale was thinking.
My other thought was that the story was so sappy, it is no wonder mom is in a state.
ugh
So sad.
@ Hiplainsdrifter
It REALLY is what it is.
That is my favorite way to tell people to leave me alone. (Except I usually leave out the 'really'. I have no idea why I added it today.)
As a mom, I would find this note infuriating. We all think we know the answers when we are young, but there is probably more to the story.
OMG! The book made me cry and the movie...I cried even harder.
As for this find, I am with nadine. Hardly anyone knows the whole story when they are young
i just wrote that same note to my mom, sad but true.
Perhaps the daughter is was not "young" when she wrote the note... this doesn't look like a teen's writing.
Yeah, it's wrong to tell your mother she needs to be like the old mother that you once knew - BUT there's nothing wrong with someone saying "wait, look at the situation you're in - this is wrong." That's what family is for - to help you figure out when you're messing up and get you back on track. It's not exactly helpful for your family to turn a blind eye.
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Mom rejected this note. The only reason she didn't crumple it up and throw it away is because she filed it away in her "Ways You Hurt Me, You Ungrateful Little Runt" file.
The trouble with writing notes like this is that the recipients always keep them to use as evidence later.
I'm disappointed -- usually some sharp-eyed foundian discovers the words on the other side, and post 'em!
My guess is that once Mom and Jennifer walked out on the Intervention, all that was left was rock bottom ... hence, "The Bridges of Madison County."
sorry, Camelia- it's not readable on this Find today. I tried- but don't feel like making me eyes bleed today. I'm just going to assume that it said more of the same. Odd that the "magnify to view the back" option is not offered today.
"this is not the mother I remember as a child"
Ovcoarse not! You're not the child I remember, either. People grow. People change. Life Happens.
MAN, if I could become the person I once was, I'd choose to be 24 again.
I DO hope the Mom's not a tweeker or heroin junkie. Because that sucks for everyone. (except the "blissfully" unaware addict, I suppose.)