My mother!

Any one who knows my mother knows how mean and hurtful she can be. I finally burst her bubble!!! It was great. My little brother has always been her favorite, and most people notice it right off the bat. She helps him a lot, with out asking for any thing in return. As for me she is to busy for most of the time, or when she wants to do it her timing is so off as if she does it on purpose. So since my little brother is her favorite, so is my niece. I know when I was living at Eustis my mother ticked a few of my friends off because my mother brought my niece out with her when she came to visit. Both time she was out there my mother treated her like she could do no wrong. For a 4 year old she was the meanest little shit I have ever met. My husband was so urked that my mother would treat that little brat so nicely then be mean to my kids.

Okay, so any ways. My mother is always going on and on and one about how smart my niece is. I mean it gets old after hearing her say it in every conversation. Alisae is so smart, because she is Joe's first born child. All first borns are smart ... yadda yadda ... now mind you I have 4 kids. The way she implies it she makes it sound like my other 3 kids are stupid.

I know I am getting to the point just putting in a few fillers. My mother loves it imply that Sarah is not smart. So any one whose met Sarah knows she is smart, but she is also quite and shy until she gets to know you. I think my mother mistakes this for stupidity. Sarah is also not one for talking and gabbing your ear off. She usually says what she needs to and is done with it.

Yup one more bit of filler. Because if I don't explain this the next little bit will not make any sense. For those that pay attention and know this. Belle is not Eric's child biologically. None the less he adopted her so she is still his child ... just not his first born. He treats her no differently then he does Sarah.

So lets fast forward. I said this while where still living at Fort Eustis, When Eric came home from deployment in March. So my mom starts on her little Alisae is so smart parade, and I couldn't help it. Every one knows I hold my tong around my mother so we don't come to blows. But well I just couldn't help it. I finally piped up and said ... well that explains why Sarah is so smart ... snicker snicker snicker ... My mom looked so startled, then the look came across her face like I don't think so ... and for a brief moment I think she actually forgot Eric was not Belles daddy! Then I proceeded to say Sarah must be so smart because she is Eric's first born. She doesn't dare insult my husband. I don't know why she will not insult him but she never has in the 10 and half years that we have been married. I think that if she would have tried to make my comment back fire on me she would have realized that she would have insulted Eric and there would have been no going back. She may hate me and dislike my kids but she desperately seeks Eric's appraisal. If I say that Eric will not like some thing she will not do it. If I make the comment that Eric really wants a certain some thing done she will do it, just so he doesn't have to ( I have learn over the years to use this to my advantage).

So for what 2 years + I lision to my mother tell me that Alisae is just so freakin smart (and shes only 4). When all I had to do was offend my mother by telling her that Sarah was smart too because she was Eric first born. I just realized today I that I have not heard her say it since then. It made me feel so happy to have pegged her down a notch!