HD, The whole thing is so stupid...except it's not,lol. I am noticing that he's less controlling and uptight; there's more levity in the air.

On a side note, I made some connections in my personal therapy. I asked my brother if it was my imagination or did mom really adore me and then stop loving me through adolescence? He said that was the time mom went crazy because the sister she revered had cancer and was dying. He said he remembered my mother crying a lot in her bedroom, and he felt bad for me because he was going off to college. I completely blanked out about the fact my mother would take me to visit her sister in the hospital and leave me in the lobby. I would watch the people coming in and out and make up stories about them. My brother said my father did everything around the house, including taking care of me, helping him with college stuff, working full time, etc. I wonder why I forgot all of this.