Gayle Bechtel

>  > > >>> To All the Mean Mommies Out There - This
One is
>  > For You!!!
>  > > >>> >
>  > > >>> >Mean Moms
>  > > >>> > Was your Mom mean?  I know mine was.
>  > > >>> > I had the meanest mother in the whole
world!
>  > > >>> > While other kids ate
candy
>  > > >>> > for breakfast, I had to have
cereal, eggs,
>  > and
>  > > >>> >
toast.
>  > > >>> > When others had a Pepsi and a
Twinkie for
>  > lunch,
>  > > >>> >
I had to eat sandwiches.
>  > > >>> > And you can
guess my mother fixed me a
>  > dinner
>  > > >>> > that was different from what
>  > > >>> > other kids had, too.
>  > > >>> >
Mother insisted on knowing where I were at
>  > all
>  > > >>> > times.  You'd think I was a
>  > > >>> > convict in a prison. She had to know who my
>  > > >>> > friends were, and what I was
>  > > >>> > doing with them.  She insisted that if I
>  > said I'd
>  > > >>> > be gone for an hour,
I
>  > > >>> > would be gone for an hour or
less.
>  > > >>> > We were ashamed to admit it, but
she had the
>  > > >>> > nerve to break the
Child
>  > > >>> > Labor Laws by making me
work.  I had to wash
>  > the
>  > > >>> > dishes, make the beds,
>  > > >>> > learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry,
>  >
and
>  > > >>> > all sorts of cruel
jobs.
>  > > >>> > I think she would lie awake at
night
>  > thinking of
>  > > >>> >
more things for me to do.
>  > > >>> > She always
insisted on me telling the truth
>  > the
>  > > >>> > whole truth, and nothing
>  > > >>> > but the truth.  By the time I was  a
>  >
teenager,
>  > > >>> > she could read my
mind.
>  > > >>> > Then, life was really
tough!
>  > > >>> > Mother wouldn't let my
boyfriends 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, I
>  >
had to
>  > > >>> > wait until I was
16.
>  > > >>> > Because of my mother I missed out
on lots of
>  > > >>> > things other
kids
>  > > >>> > experienced.  I have never
been caught
>  > > >>> > shoplifting, vandalizing
other's
>  > > >>> > property or ever arrested for
any crime, or
>  > a
>  > > >>> >
million other things other
>  > > >>> > kids
did.
>  > > >>> > When I left home, I was an
educated, honest
>  > > >>> > adult. I am doing my
best to
>  > > >>> > be a mean parent just like Mom
was.  I think
>  > that
>  > > >>> > is what's wrong with the
>  > > >>> > world
today.
>  > > >>> > It just doesn't have enough
mean moms
>  > anymore.
>  > > >>> >
PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE MEAN MOTHERS YOU
>  > KNOW!!
>