Never write tired, unless you have to. I've been guilty of neglecting MFTMK and now try to make amends. Lack of sleep be damned!
Anyway one of the most prominent to-do's was finally ticked off this weekend. We've finally liberated my mother from the clutches of her feckless husband! For years she has moaned about his shortcomings, yet fear has kept her stuck in his clutches. The family was resigned to this continuing, my sister and I exchanged many words of exasperation and anger. Mine more symphathetic than hers' yet just as ineffective.
However, we did not count on the single mindedness and charm of E. Her powers of sweet manipulation did what my candour and my sister's bludgeoning could not, they convinced her to take the step of leaving him and get a place of her own! That was the easy part, she was dreading the 'I'm leaving you' speech and I can understand why. Even though the guy is an inept, deceptive self-aggrandising sociopath my Mother had a sense of loyalty to him and a fear of leaving him to fend for himself. Like an errant child she felt responsible for the guy as she knew he'd just f**k up royally if she didn't take care of his needs.
E also found the perfect excuse for my Mum to give him the bad news. C (let's call him), had been touting himself on several adult websites looking for company! She searched for his name and the town they lived in and got hits on "LoopyLove", "GirlsDateForFree" and a number of other sites were adults go to do things they probably shouldn't. The perfect early birthday present, the old fool used his full name and home town in his profiles and was just a google search away from being discovered, has been for years!
The interweb is just like an elephant. It stores away dodgy deeds away in the recesses of its' memory, ready to be plucked out and smacked on your head when payback time comes. C has obviously rued the day he started playing away (he's deleted two of profiles from one site already) and I see it as retribution for a thoroughly unpleasant man.
