A Conversation with
Elizabeth
1998
Re: X-Files
From:
Elizabeth
To:
LMixson@PEC.com
Sent: Monday,
November 9, 1998 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: X-Files
Well, I really thought she might not go through with it. I don't
know what I based that on, just that moving out is such a big step.
I've tried to take your perspective on this, but thinking from her
perspective, if I really wanted to "get away" I wouldn't have moved to a
place so close. In a way that might be good, because as you
indicated, it will be easy for you two, or three, to get together
without much trouble. On the other hand, that in and of itself,
might turn into a "stable" arrangement for a long period, which to me
would be like a limbo--not together, but not really apart. I recalled
you had been together a long time, but for some reason I didn't realize
it was actually 18. Some anniversary, as you said. I recall
that when my mother and father divorced, he moved into a trailer not too
far from our house. Mother kept inviting him over "to help" out
with things she needed doing, like fixing things. He took it as a
sign of her "wanting him back." He then would get mad when she
asked him to leave and go "home." On the other hand, often he
would "drop in" uninvited and my Mother would not be happy. I
don't recall that she ever actually went to visit him though. I talked
with a therapist about this and other things once, and she said my
parents got divorced, but didn't, obviously fully "emotionally" divorce.
Over the years the problems inherent in the situation worsened.
Elizabeth
Updated: 04-09-2024