I'm sure these things are true. But the way she says them feels like an implied criticism. As if she's comparing her own selflessness to my self-abso… - Alison Bechdel

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I'm sure these things are true. But the way she says them feels like an implied criticism. As if she's comparing her own selflessness to my self-absorption. But of course that's just evidence of my self-absorption. My mother is probably not thinking anything like this. In fact, my desire to think that she's thinking of me at all is a bit pathetic.