My Mom Told My Son, “Maybe If You Talked Less, People Would Like You More…”

My Mom Told My Son, “Maybe If You Talked Less, People Would Like You More…” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Mom Told My Son, “Maybe If You Talked Less, People Would Like You More.” So I Said, “Maybe If You Remembered His Mom Has Been Managing Your Finances And Paying Your Bills, You’d Choose Your Words More Carefully.” Then I Cut Off Every Bit Of Support. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm 34. And if you'd told me 2 years ago that I'd be spending Christmas Day driving home in dead silence with my husband crying quietly in the passenger seat and my 8-year-old son staring out the back window like he'd just learned the world wasn't as safe as he thought it was, I would have told you that you were out of your mind. My mom could be a lot of things. Cold, judgmental, weirdly obsessed with appearances. But I never thought she'd go after my kid...