tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post4031869267743285229..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Mom says "There were many untruths"Writer, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-8660164189782610082012-01-23T08:02:44.726-05:002012-01-23T08:02:44.726-05:00"your family's your family and it's p..."your family's your family and it's possible to still love them even if they drive you apeshit."<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that's the reason God gave us families. They drive us apeshit, we're turds back at 'em. <br /><br />It's magical.<br /><br />zLinda Zinnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699391759468656277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-78704598284473413502012-01-18T15:12:17.461-05:002012-01-18T15:12:17.461-05:00Wow. Welcome to the world of memoir and non-fictio...Wow. Welcome to the world of memoir and non-fiction, I guess, where what really happened is apparently up for grabs. I for one am looking forward to reading your story. And cripes Nancy, your family's your family and it's possible to still love them even if they drive you apeshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-31077261554320614952012-01-18T13:35:02.674-05:002012-01-18T13:35:02.674-05:00Nancy,
Let's let W,R run his/her own life. S/...Nancy,<br /><br />Let's let W,R run his/her own life. S/he seems to be doing a good job of it, after all (I mean, a piece in the Times?!)<br /><br />And, hey, do you realize that even though you are ostensibly trying to be supportive, you're basically badmouthing his/her family (people you have never met except through stories)? How is that okay? W,R must care about these folks, otherwise why would s/he even write such a story?<br /><br />In fact, the nature of your comment runs counter to the post itself, which seems to be about trying for once to see from someone else's point of view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-50271901392187561342012-01-18T00:52:05.873-05:002012-01-18T00:52:05.873-05:00Not for anything, but why do you keep going back t...Not for anything, but why do you keep going back to that shithouse (or equivalent)? You know the reception you will get and that their opinions run contrary to those of most rational and/or sensitive people. The hell with them. Let them pick on someone else. You don't need them to keep knocking you down. Just tell them you are disinheriting them of your presence.Nancy Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-84553002269715615162012-01-17T19:57:03.819-05:002012-01-17T19:57:03.819-05:00Your case of being wilfully disinherited is quite ...Your case of being wilfully disinherited is quite unique, but if it helps you feel less alone, "accidental" disinheritance is more common. <br /><br /><br />My mother and her siblings were all disinherited when her father passed. My grandfather divorced my grandmother to marry another woman who had kids of her own. When my grandfather died, all of his estate passed to the other woman because he failed to make any provisions for his natural children. (The other woman probably had a hand in that.) When the woman passed, everything went to her children. A lawyer told me this happens all the time when spouses own everything jointly.<br /><br />When my father's parents died, there weren't any assets to inherit because they were so poor.<br /><br />So, there are lots of people out there getting zip, zero, zilch from the passing of their parents. <br /><br />It would be ironic if your mother left everything to you when she goes..noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-48444961414844829682012-01-17T15:35:51.032-05:002012-01-17T15:35:51.032-05:00I pictured you slightly taller. : -)I pictured you slightly taller. : -)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com