Advice needed- Page 2
Advice needed
lovettespies
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/04
#25re: Advice needed
Posted: 11/2/04 at 6:26pmAHHHH that's terrible. He was going to be in Macbeth, as Macbeth at theater near me in DC, but instead he's going to appear in Duece Biggolo 2. It was in th paper and I almost cried. Sigh.
#26re: Advice needed
Posted: 11/2/04 at 6:29pmI can't wait to see Spamalot it will be GREAT!
#27re: Advice needed
Posted: 11/2/04 at 6:31pmI am leaving now to visit my grandmother and I will check the thread later. I am posting this so you know that I am not abandoning this thread.
lovettespies
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/04
#28re: Advice needed
Posted: 11/2/04 at 6:31pmI've kind of threadjacked, but my love for Douglas Sills surpasses my guilt.
iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#29re: Advice needed
Posted: 11/2/04 at 7:00pm
Possibly there's something else going on here. It sounds as if you are a "new age male" (often misconstrued to be gay...not that there is anything wrong with that...). It might be more that she is worried that she is the last to know something. In other words, it may not be so much a homophobic pursuit of information as it is a quest to make sure she's in the loop. The theater-loving, best friend, but not boyfriend, of all the girls thing at least lays the groundwork for "suspicion". She may be going through the does-everyone-know-something-about-my-child-but-me syndrome... As I recall, it's never been easy being a straight, sensitive, arts-loving, high school boy. I also recall males with the very same characteristics being much more appreciated in college. It's just a matter of time...
It's not the easiest thing in the world to be a mother when your child reaches that age where they have a life to which you are not privy. In the big picture, I'd be willing to bet that your mom's hovering and intrusiveness have at least as much to do with her as they have to do with you. It's a classic vicious cycle, the more she prods, the more private you become, so she feels even more alienated and pries even more. Like I said, women who have children your age are frequently going through a right of passage themselves...where their identity as a mother has to change as the child approaches adulthood.
I could be wrong. And only you will know if I might be on to something in your case, but it's worth taking into consideration. Her sense of self might be more fragile than yours right now, and that could be a big part of what is going on.
#30re: Advice needed
Posted: 11/3/04 at 7:03amFlit- I do think you are on to something.
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