Primo: I called my mom and spoke to her directly. She is
still despondent about not being thanked. In addition, she is upset with you.
Primo: She says you are bitter and resentful that I does not
share your interest in gardening.
Me: How on earth did she come to that conclusion?
Primo: She says you wrote her a letter about it.
Me: Yeah, I wrote her a letter and of course I wrote about
gardening because that is one of the two topics we can discuss without her
getting all emotional, or so I thought. I mentioned that you aren’t a gardener
but you like the results. I said you like having tomatoes and basil from my
garden and think my flowers are pretty but that my garden is messy. And I put
in a smiley face. By definition, if you use a smiley face, you are not being
bitter and resentful.
Primo: What’s the other topic?
Me: What?
Primo: What’s the other topic that you guys can discuss
without her getting emotional?
Me: What does that have to do with anything?
Primo: I want to know!
Me: OK, engineer. The other topic is books. Anyhow – why
does she think I am bitter?
Primo: Because you told her that I don’t share your
interest.
Me: But you don’t!
Primo: And you’re bitter.
Me: I couldn’t care less that you don’t share my interest.
Primo: That’s what I thought.
Me: First, I would never use the word “bitter” to your mom
and second, I would never express a real emotion to her. Third, I would never
say something negative about you to her. I am all surface happy and polite with
her. It’s the only way. I would never invite that kind of intimacy with her.
And besides, I am not bitter!
Primo: I know. Then she was worried because you and I don’t
agree on politics.
Me: Yes, we are all well aware of the political divisions
among us.
Primo: She thinks are going to break up.
Me: Over politics? And gardening?
Primo: Um – yeah.
Me: And that has her despondent?
Primo: Apparently.
Me: You'd think she'd be elated to finally have that happy
thought in her head.
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