Mom comes to visit
I could always tell when mom and dad had a really bad fight. Mom would come out to visit me for about a month. It was her way of punishing dad and of getting away to think about whether she really wanted to stay married to the jerk. Yes, dad was a jerk! He had a lovely woman who dotted on him, and he still acted like a jerk. He all but ignored her, so totally absorbed in his work and getting ahead.
Mom had arrived about one and I was there to meet her at the airport. This time however, she had much more baggage than usual. I looked at her as I took her bags off the carousal. "Staying longer than usual mom? That must have been some fight."
Mom cut her eyes at me and looked around to see who had heard me. No one was paying any attention to us and I had not said my words in a loud voice. We gathered up the bags and headed to my car.
My house isn't very large. Being single I don't have a need for too much space to clean up.
Mom was settling in her room, with me standing there helping her unpack her bags. I was in the midst of unpacking her makeup bag when she stopped me.
"I'll take care of that bag later James."
Too late! I had reached into the bag and was pulling things out to place on the dresser. My hands closed around something that was long and firm. When I pulled my hand out, I was holding a pink battery operated dildo. I could tell that it was one of the more expensive ones. Mom grabbed it from me and shoved it back in the bag.
"Mom! I never knew that you even owned one of these things."
Mom looked at me with a very embarrassed look on her face. Then shoving the bag on the table she looked down at the rug. "When a man doesn't seem interested in the woman he married, she has two options. Go out and find someone else or take care of her needs in her own way. I don't want to take a chance on catching some kind of disease, even if your father thinks it's ok to take that risk."
I looked at mom. "Dad's cheating on you? Did you catch him? Are you two getting a divorce?" My mind was swimming at all the things that could have happened. Was mom here because she had caught dad? Had she caught dad fucking around with someone? I always suspected that he was doing it, but had never had any concrete proof. And not wanting to hurt mom for anything, I always tried to act like nothing was ever going on.
Mom sat down on the bed and began to cry. "Oh James! I always had my suspicions, but I never actually caught him. But I was doing the laundry, and found a pair of soiled sheer panties in his pocket. They were much too small to be mine. When I confronted him about it, he waved me off, telling me that he had found them in his private bathroom, that some female worker must have left them there. I knew he was a lying fuck!"
I sat next to mom and held her tight allowing her to cry. Then I got up and told her that she needed to take a nice hot bath after her long flight and relax. That I would be cooking dinner and she would not have to do anything.
An hour later, and after taking my own shower, mom was sitting down at my table picking over her food. I could tell that she was still very hurt and that right at that moment, dinner was about
the last thing on her mind. I hated seeing her so upset. My dislike for my dad seemed to solidify into a real hatred.
After awhile, I cleaned up the dishes. Mom had barely touched her food. We went into the living room and I made mom one of her favorite drinks, a "Long Island Ice Tea". I figured that she needed something really strong to help her sleep.
What I didn't count on, was that with so little in her stomach, the alcohol would hit her so hard.
Mom had finished her first drink and had asked for another. She took a sip from her glass and smiled at me. "Nobody makes this drink the way that you do James. I could sit and drink them for hours if you made them."
I laughed. "Mom, after about two of those things, I will have to carry you off to bed."
Mom looked at me and laughed. "Ha! It's been a lifetime since a man has carried me off to bed. Your father used to do that when we were first married. He would carry me to bed and make love to me all night long. Now, he doesn't even look at me when I get undressed in front of him. I guess having some young skinny girl makes him look at me with disgust."
I could see that she was once again starting to get into her mood. I needed to stop her before she started crying all over again.
"Is that why you needed BOB"
Mom looked at me. From the way she tilted her head to the side, I could tell that the alcohol was taking affect. "Bob? Who the hell is Bob?"
I laughed. "Not who mom, what! "BOB", stands for battery operated boyfriend. Your dildo, silly! Did you get it because dad was ignoring you?"
Mom looked at me without answering. Then she picked up her glass and took another sip.
"Maybe we shouldn't be having this conversation James. I mean, I am your mother and the troubles between your dad and I shouldn't be shared with you."
I looked at her, sipping from my own glass of wine. "What troubles you two have do concern me. I have known that dad was a jerk for years. Do you think that I don't see how much he hurts you by always putting you last? Do you think that I didn't see the loneliness in your eyes when he would tell you that he had to work late, or was going to be out of town for a while? I hated him for ignoring you the way he would."
Mom reached over and her hand caressed my cheek. "You have always been a very special son James. You would try so hard to make me feel good after your father had done something to hurt my feelings. It always made me love you more. Sometimes I would wish..." Mom took a deep breath and seemed to compose herself. "Never mind what I would wish. I'm just glad that I have you to turn to."