For the birds

I once dated a man who never told me that he had been prosecuted by the woman he dated before me, because he shoved her around in their home and hurt her pet birds while he was blackout drunk. I found out from a mutual friend and had to confront him about it many months into our relationship. And I kept dating him for months afterward. This is also a man who said “I have no friends.” Oh cool, I’ll mother you and take care of you and feel isolated from other people in my life until you resent me as much as you resent your real mom.

-A.B.

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