Dear Margo: Her mother could be on the Mt. Rushmore of bitches

DEAR MARGO: I grew up the daughter of an abusive alcoholic father and an emotionally absent mother. Though it wasn't easy, my father and I have reconciled and have a great relationship. My mother, on the other hand, is a miserable, bitter woman. When I was 16, I was raped and it resulted in a pregnancy. My mother forced me to carry it to term because she said I was a slut for getting pregnant, but I ultimately gave the baby up. At 18, I moved out of the house, went to college and later became a nurse. Eventually I married and had a child. After a few years, we divorced. Recently, I began dating again, and I reluctantly took the man I have been dating for six months -- I'll call him Jason --to meet my mother and her husband. We'd just sat down to dinner when my mother turned to Jason and said she hopes he doesn't plan to have children with me because I abandoned one! I was mortified and he didn't know what to say. Needless to say, we left immediately. I haven't spoken to my mother since. My sisters say I'm overreacting. I disagree. I think it was completely out of line. Jason has stood by me through this. He thinks my mother is crazy. This was the last straw for me. Am I wrong to feel this way?

--- SPEECHLESS

DEAR SPEECH: I'm with Jason. And I'll tell you who else you can live without besides Mommie Dearest: your sisters. If they think you were overreacting to a move like that, I'd like to know what they would find worthy of getting up and walking out. Your mother clearly qualifies for what Franco Zeffirelli called "the Scorpioni." As you have figured out, she is a "miserable and bitter" woman, so spare yourself further attacks.

--- MARGO, DUMBFOUNDEDLY

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