Real Life Conversations with JT: Family Dynamics edition

The backstory:  JT and I were having a conversation with a friend who has a difficult mother.  JT, who does not enjoy difficult, offered some advice.

JT:  If she’s such a pain, why do you even bother with her?

F:  Well, you only have one mother.  So I try.

JT: silence….and then a snarky grin and the showing of two fingers

Point made.  And you thought your life was difficult.