He can’t remember if it was a true memory or one of those things people have told you so much that you sort of just make it a memory. But when his mom would drive him to school she always played different music. Prince some days Creed other days different artists on different CDs she had gotten from the library.
He learned later that some of this music was cool and then if he thought about it that meant his mom was cool.
Although now she spends most of her life just in her room. Watching TV or playing a video game. When he was growing up, and this one he does remember, she would yell at him for spending too much time on his phone too much time looking at the tv.
He had tried to do the same. Only met with snarls of anger. “It’s not that bad. I’ll get off later.” She didn’t then shed sleep in and be grumpy the next day. He thinks it really went south when she could work from home.
He still had to go to school but something changed after that. It was gradual then all at once.
He learned later that some of this music was cool and then if he thought about it that meant his mom was cool.
Although now she spends most of her life just in her room. Watching TV or playing a video game. When he was growing up, and this one he does remember, she would yell at him for spending too much time on his phone too much time looking at the tv.
He had tried to do the same. Only met with snarls of anger. “It’s not that bad. I’ll get off later.” She didn’t then shed sleep in and be grumpy the next day. He thinks it really went south when she could work from home.
He still had to go to school but something changed after that. It was gradual then all at once.