126 When Neglect Is Not Really Neglect
The Place We Find Ourselves
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You Wanted Her to Be Your Mother
"There is so much powerlessness pulsing in this story because everything you do to try to get her face, her gaze, her attention. She acts as if you're not there," he says of his mother. "I didn't want my friend's father to be my father. I wanted him to be my dad, my dad." He adds: "You wanted this woman who is dragging you around the house as if you are not on her leg".
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