One of the most controlling and insane aunts you've ever heard of.
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Dad: Has your sister always been this crazy?
Mom: No, it started when she was about three.
Dad: What happened?
Mom: She started speaking in complete sentences.
Dad: Ah......"
I'm sorry, I just sprayed cocoa on my monitor.
One of my favorite bits:
Police Officer 1: Ma'am, you are under arrest for destruction of government property (apparently cutting up a valid license is a felony in some places....who knew?) and grand theft of this car.
Aunt: You can't arrest me, I'm her mother, I have rights!
Police Officer 2: Yes, you do. (He then reads them to her.)
Police Officer 1: Ma'am, you are under arrest for destruction of government property (apparently cutting up a valid license is a felony in some places....who knew?) and grand theft of this car.
Aunt: You can't arrest me, I'm her mother, I have rights!
Police Officer 2: Yes, you do. (He then reads them to her.)
Good grief...poor Emily!
I'm glad for the happy ending for Emily and her stepdad. This family sounds lovely, with one bad seed. I know so many similar families.
I think it can be seen as a form of birth defect, in which the person cannot get out of their narcissistic stage, even though they were raised by the same people, in the same environment.
Apparently there's a complex construction in the brain which translates emotion into proper action. This is a level of cause-and-effect inability with the CA's brain. She just FEELS and then she wants control over her feelings which is normal in a toddler who is still learning. Applying it in adult situations is horrifying.
Why do some learn and others don't? Even in a fundamentalist family of today, some just don't believe it and by their teens they are plotting escape.
And some don't. CA might have risen to having her own cult, but doesn't have the people skills.
Also, I suspect cults are a lot of work to get off the ground, then manage. Which is why so many turn their compounds into concentration camps.
I think it can be seen as a form of birth defect, in which the person cannot get out of their narcissistic stage, even though they were raised by the same people, in the same environment.
Apparently there's a complex construction in the brain which translates emotion into proper action. This is a level of cause-and-effect inability with the CA's brain. She just FEELS and then she wants control over her feelings which is normal in a toddler who is still learning. Applying it in adult situations is horrifying.
Why do some learn and others don't? Even in a fundamentalist family of today, some just don't believe it and by their teens they are plotting escape.
And some don't. CA might have risen to having her own cult, but doesn't have the people skills.
Also, I suspect cults are a lot of work to get off the ground, then manage. Which is why so many turn their compounds into concentration camps.
I just finished reading the first part... I weep for humanity.
It reminds me far too closely of reality. Two little anecdotes:
A few months ago, I bought a car from a man in his mid to late 30s, a long time friend of mine. Surprisingly, the title was jointly registered to him and his father. I'm certain that my friend was the only one who'd paid any money to buy the vehicle or for its upkeep, and he was a grown-ass adult with a college degree when he bought it. Knowing the other fuckery involved in that family, it wouldn't surprise me if his parents "made" him register the vehicle that way in case he acted up. He sold it to me when he moved out of state. I wonder why. Kinda surprised I didn't have to get Daddy's permission to buy the vehicle, but maybe that discussion happened when I wasn't around.
When I came out, another friend accused me of doing it as a rebellion against my parents before he disowned me. I just about choked on my Fanta when I read that. Rebel against my parents? I'm in my mid to late 30s, too. I rebelled against my parents when I was 16, not 36. My parents don't factor into this equation in the slightest.
Fundie culture is toxic, but entitled fundie culture is the worst.