Subject: Mean Moms...we love them!!
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> I might not could have understood it then, but it didn't take long to
> realize after I got older that I had a "mean mom." I thank God for
> her.
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> Mean Moms
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> Someday when my children are old enough
> understand the logic that motivates a
> parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
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> I loved you enough . . . to ask where
> you were going, with whom, and what time you
> would be home.
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> I loved you enough to be silent and let
> you discover that your new best friend was
> a creep.
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> I loved you enough to make you go pay
> for the bubble gum you had taken and tell the
> clerk, "I stole this yesterday and want to pay
> for it."
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> I loved you enough to stand over you
> for two hours while you cleaned your room, a
> job that should have taken 15 minutes.
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> I loved you enough to let you see
> anger, disappointment, and tears in my eyes.
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> Children must learn that their parents aren't
> perfect.
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> I loved you enough to let you assume
> the responsibility for your actions even
> when the penalties were so harsh they almost
> broke my heart.
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> But most of all, I loved you enough . .
> to say NO when I knew you would hate me for it.
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> Those were the most difficult battles
> of all. I'm glad I won them, because in the end you
> won, too.
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> And someday when your children are old
> enough to understand the logic that motivates
> parents, you will tell them.
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> Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. We
> had the meanest mother in the whole world!
> While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to
> have cereal, eggs, and toast. When others
> had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to eat
> sandwiches. And you can guess our
> mother fixed us a dinner that was different from what
> other kids had, too.
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> Mother insisted on knowing where we
> were at all times. You'd think we were convicts in
> a prison.
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> She had to know who our friends were,
> and what we were doing with them. She insisted that
> if we said we would be gone for an hour, we
> would be gone for an hour or less.
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> We were ashamed to admit it, but she
> had the nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by
> making us work. We had to wash the dishes, make
> the beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do
> laundry, empty the trash and all sorts of cruel
> jobs. I think she would lie awake at night
> thinking of more things for us to do.
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> She always insisted on us telling the
> truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
>
> By the time we were teenagers, she
> could read our minds and had eyes in the back of her
> head. Then, life was really tough!
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> Mother wouldn't let our friends just
> honk the horn when they drove up. They had to
> come up to the door so she could meet them. While
> everyone else could date when they were 12 or
> 13, we had to wait until we were 16.
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> Because of our mother we missed out on
> lots of things other kids experienced. None of
> us have ever been caught shoplifting,
> vandalizing other's property or ever arrested for
> any crime. It was all her fault.
>
> Now that we have left home, we are all
> educated, honest adults. We are doing our best to
> be mean parents just like Mom was.
>
> I think that is what's wrong with the
> world today. It just doesn't have enough mean moms!

I need to print this off and keep it for DD! Thanks, Glenda.

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Did you ever read this one???

The meanest mother in the world

I had the meanest mother in the whole world. While other kids ate
candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs or toast. When others
had cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. As you can
guess, my supper was different than the other kids' also.
But at least, I wasn't alone in my sufferings. My sister and two
brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
My mother insisted upon knowing where we were at all times. You'd
think we were on a chain gang. She had to know who our friends were and
where we were going. She insisted if we said we'd be gone an hour, that
we be gone one hour or less--not one hour and one minute. I am nearly
ashamed to admit it, but she actually struck us. Not once, but each
time we had a mind of our own and did as we pleased. That poor belt was
used more on our seats than it was to hold up Daddy's pants. Can you
imagine someone actualy hitting a child just because he disobeyed? Now
you can begin to see how mean she really was.
We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath. The other kids always
wore their clothes for days. We reached the height of insults because
she made our clothes herself, just to save money. Why, oh why, did we
have to have a mother who made us feel different from our friends?
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night
and up at eight the next morning. We couldn't sleep till noon like our
friends. So while they slept-my mother actually had the nerve to break
the child-labor law. She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make
beds, learn to cook and all sorts of cruel things. I believe she laid
awake at night thinking up mean things to do to us.
She always insisted upon us telling the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, even if it killed us- and it nearly did.
By the time we were teen-agers, she was much wiser, and our life
became even more unbearable. None of this tooting the horn of a car for
us to come running. She embarrassed us to no end by making our dates
and friends come to the door to get us. If I spent the night with a
girlfriend, can you imagine she checked on me to see if I were really
there. I never had the chance to elope to Mexico. That is if I'd had a
boyfriend to elope with. I forgot to mention, while my friends were
dating at the mature age of 12 and 13, my old fashioned mother refused
to let me date until the age of 15 and 16. Fifteen, that is, if you
dated only to go to a school function. And that was maybe twice a year.

Through the years, things didn't improve a bit. We could not lie
in bed, "sick" like our friends did, and miss school. If our friends
had a toe ache, a hang nail or serious ailment, they could stay home
from school. Our marks in school had to be up to par. Our friends'
report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for
failing. My mother being as different as she was, would settle for
nothing less than ugly black marks.
As the years rolled by, first one and then the other of us was put
to shame. We were graduated from high school. With our mother behind
us, talking, hitting and demanding respect, none of us was allowed the
pleasure of being a drop-out.
My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Out of four
children, a couple of us attained some higher education. None of us
have ever been arrested, divorced or beaten his mate. Each of my
brothers served his time in the service of this country. And whom do we
have to blame for the terrible way we turned out? You're right, our
mean mother. Look at the things we missed. We never got to march in a
protest parade, nor to take part in a riot, burn draft cards, and a
million and one other things that our friends did.
She forced us to grow up into God-fearing, educated, honest adults.
Using this as a background, I am trying to raise my three
children. I stand a little taller and I am filled with pride when my
children call me mean.
Because, you see, I thank God, He gave me the meanest mother in
the whole world.

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It's a shame more people don't have moms like this.

I always thought that my mother was mean, until I realized how lucky I was to have someone care that much about everything that I did and who I was "becoming".

Thanks this was great!

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