Foxy Lady
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- Joined
- Jan 30, 2014
- Location
- United Kingdom
Mother and daughter were sat opposite each other at the kitchen.
Rather had already had his breakfast and left for work.
Daughter had finished her toast and was sipping her coffee.
Mother was sipping hers. Waiting. She sensed a reason for the silence. This wasn't normal. So she waited.
'Mom, how are things between you and dad?'
'Good, why do you ask?'
'I just wondered, that's all.'
Just wondering? Her daughter never just wondered.
'They're good, as I said. In fact, I'd say they had never been better.'
Another silence. Her daughter wasn't finished yet, though.
'I'm an adult now, mom. Not a child any more. You can talk to me if you need to.'
'I know you're not a child any longer. I stopped thinking about you like that a long time ago. We both did, me and your father.'
'Sometimes we,' she had to mean adults, 'don't want to admit, even to ourselves, that we have a problem.'
She sounded so worldly wise, her mother had to suppress a smile. It was almost as if their roles were reversed.
'And sometimes it is best just to come out with something you have to say. Something is bothering you. What is it?'
A long pause. A deep breath. This was it.
'I mean,' still that final hesitation, 'dad doesn't hurt you, does he?'
Then the penny dropped.
Rather had already had his breakfast and left for work.
Daughter had finished her toast and was sipping her coffee.
Mother was sipping hers. Waiting. She sensed a reason for the silence. This wasn't normal. So she waited.
'Mom, how are things between you and dad?'
'Good, why do you ask?'
'I just wondered, that's all.'
Just wondering? Her daughter never just wondered.
'They're good, as I said. In fact, I'd say they had never been better.'
Another silence. Her daughter wasn't finished yet, though.
'I'm an adult now, mom. Not a child any more. You can talk to me if you need to.'
'I know you're not a child any longer. I stopped thinking about you like that a long time ago. We both did, me and your father.'
'Sometimes we,' she had to mean adults, 'don't want to admit, even to ourselves, that we have a problem.'
She sounded so worldly wise, her mother had to suppress a smile. It was almost as if their roles were reversed.
'And sometimes it is best just to come out with something you have to say. Something is bothering you. What is it?'
A long pause. A deep breath. This was it.
'I mean,' still that final hesitation, 'dad doesn't hurt you, does he?'
Then the penny dropped.