Tough Talk,
My family has had a lot of problems with our oldest son Lothar. I haven’t spoken to him for years. His aunt, on his father’s side, always brings him up and talks about him as if he’s beneath contempt. Although he’s been bad, I find her condescending attitude annoying and really done just to say how bad of a mother I am when her kids are all doing great and she always rubs it in my face. Even though she acts concerned and just cares about us, I believe it’s a back-handed way of putting me down. Is this just my imagination TT? (Danebrock, Missouri)
Danebrock,
No. It’s not. Your sister-in-law should be ashamed of herself for using a normal family problem to act like a pompous ass. The next time she pulls this attitude, you say something like, “We can’t all be perfect like you, you stuck up snot,” or “ Yeah, I spoke to him yesterday and he told me to tell you you’re a stuck-up dope and arrogant blowhard, Aunt Dingbat.” Don’t leave Lothar hanging and cut him some slack. What type of idiot would name their son that? No wonder he has problems with such a whacked out name.
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Tough Talk 