Mother was stuck taking us everywhere she went, even to buy a new washing machine just days before her fourth baby was born. She never asked anyone to keep us since that would have insured she had to return the favor and keep someone else’s monsters in return, probably some of our killer cousins. She was always on guard against that. We followed her into to appliance store. It was maddeningly dull to me and my Brother Billy. We wanted to ride in the dryers and jump on the doors, but she put a stop to that pretty quickly, making us sit on our hands with our backs to each other where Phyllis could watch us. Eventually, she made her choice and went to sign the mortgage papers. I knew all about mortgages! I was an avid fan of Mighty Mouse! He’d saved Sweet Alice countless times when Oilcan Harry was about to do her in all on account of that danged mortgage, and here my own sweet mother was about to sign a mortgage. I set up a protest, as only a righteous eight year old can do!
“Mother, Mother, don’t sign it. We’ll lose the house! Please don’t sign a mortgage!”
She was infuriated, as only an overwrought pregnant woman can be, snarlingly at me hatefully through clenched teeth. “Go over there and sit down. If you say another word, I’ol tear you up right here in this store!”
I do believe she meant it. She got her washer and Oilcan Harry didn’t get the house.
Oh, yes, from my own childhood experiences, I can tell you pregnant mothers always mean it. I enjoyed this humorous post, Linda.
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I had fun writing it. Thanks for commenting.
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Ha, ha. I’m guessing no one got tied to the railroad tracks to be saved by a hero. 😀 — Suzanne
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No, Mother was out of rope.
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LOL, Too cute!!!
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How frighteningly unreal life can be for an eight-year-old! With all your memories, I’ll bet you are brilliant at dealing with children. You must know all the pitfalls. I’ll keep on laughing.
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I wasn’t frightened. I just knew best.
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I wished I’d known that trick of getting kids to sit on their hands when mine were little! But then, min were not such tornadoes as your lot 🙂
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We were wild!
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