9/16    My mother's words are as empty as black hole. She would say something
        and promise something but changes her mind the next minute. She
        would tell me to not worry when her tones bellie all the problems
        we've been facing. She is never held accountable for anything.
        Maybe that is why I distrust everyone until promises are put
        in contracts. I hate my mother. All talk no action.
        \_ Welcome to the club.
           \_ club of what?
              \_ Of people with bad moms.
                 \_ Really? Is this really common?  -pp
        \_ Maybe she is getting senile. A few years ago, my dad bought five
           homes in the middle of the boom, in spite of all my efforts to
           discourage him. Turns out he has Alzhiemers and is in a home
           (and bankrupt) now. But remember, the motd.libertarians will tell
           you there is no such thing as abusive lending practices!
           \_ Free market weeds out dumb people who are unfit to
              live in this world and should be filtered out.  -conservative
           \_ While I would never clain there's no such thing as abusive
              lending practices, I admit that I'm not sure who was abused
              more in this case.