Who loves Mena?

I received a call from my mother last night.

Mena: Hello?

Mom: I love that picture of you in the yellow dress!

Mena: What picture? (I have no clue)

Mom: The one on your site -- the one where you're wearing the 18th-Century dress.

Mena: Oh...That one.

Now, I've always assumed that my parents already knew about and read the site. It doesn't take much sleuthing around the Internet to find it. Do a Google search for "Mena" and dollarshort.org returns as the number one result.

But, it turns out that my mom hadn't discovered the site before last night and when she did see it, she just had to call up and say how cute she thought the photo on my "about" page was.

And yes, that is my face superimposed on the clipart.

So my mom calls me today from her work. It turns out that she spent some time reading dollarshort and now had some concerns.

There aren't enough pictures and stories about the Aug-man.
I've told you before -- Augie is her favorite and, for some reason, she probably thinks Augie would be hurt if he knew I talked about Annie as much as I do.

Remedy: Here you go, mom. (1) (2)

I make them look cruel.
Personally, I think the whole Brother Larry thing is funny. It gave me personality.

I make it seem like she didn't love me
Now, this is certainly not true. As I told her over the phone today, I know she loves me and I never have posted anything to the contrary. She was offended that I posted the audio interview where I can't get an "I love you" out of her.

She claims that interview never occurred -- despite actual evidence to the contrary. She even implied that I somehow edited her out of the tape.

I did remind her that the point of that post was to show how annoying I was and not to show that she never said "I love you."

Remedy: And so, I must point out that she smothered me with love. She told me quite often that she loved me and even put up with my insecurity antics.

"Who do you love more? Me or Daddy?" was a constant question.

"Raise your hand if you love Mena," was a command that I would issue at the dinner table. And, believe me, I asked that darn question often.

And, of course, my mother's hand always went up enthusiastically.

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[shauny]

oh mena! i feel for ya, mate. my mum found my site too and is always questioning everything i write :)

[angie]

Moms! Gotta love 'em! Well, it's pretty hard to have a site that your mom agrees with 100%, especially one that is characterized by self-deprecating humor and family-antics stories. That's one reason my site has nothing on it (except my old coloring-contest entry)...I've got tons of random things to say, but I'm such a blabbermouth, I'm sure I'll get myself in trouble unless I stick to pseudonyms and changing names and places, and I'd rather not bother.

I hadn't listened to your Mom Interview before, but hearing it right after your Online Tonight appearance made me laugh...it really is much more charming to be quiet if nervous than to command a room!

[kismet]

I must say, I was kinda expecting a comment from "mom" in here ;)

my parents read my page a lot, and when they read of my um... over-indulgent bday deal (puking is gross), they made fun of me hardcore. mean parents heh.

[Daniel Talsky]

My mom reads my site...most of it, I think, and she's very supportive.

I just found it wierd that when I wrote about my sordid tales of sex and debauchery, she didn't bat an eye, but when I bagged on a restaurant in her hometown, she sent me a wounded puppy Email the next day.

Mothers!

[Paula]

LoL!!!!

Can opened. Worms spilling out. :-)

[Jeff]

Parents finding our sites?! In the early days of the net, I flew cross country, took my father to Kinkos and showed him mine! It was the only way and someone had to do it.

That was probably the last time he took a look.

[timo]

If my parents ever find me, I will go to another site. They will never catch me!