Tirade : Heated Ignited Fury

TIRADE

“You’ve done what? I cannot believe it. What on earth possessed you to do that? Are you mad? Are you completely unhinged woman? Sweet Jesus I don’t believe what you just said to me. How many times have we been over this before? Countless times. Hell, I said it only yesterday didn’t I? I cannot believe you would be so stupid as to do something like this, it just beggars belief. You know I am starting to think that you do this on purpose don’t you? It’s no good shaking your head and staring at me like that, do you think I will feel sorry for you if you give me those eyes? Do you? I said DO YOU? Yes, you may as well shake your head again, it’s about as much as someone of your idiocy can do. I swear I am living with an epsilon semi-moron, have you always been this fucking dumb? I guess you have. It was such a simple thing to do, straight forward, a child could do it, but no not you, you had to go and be clever and go and royally fuck it up. You absolute idiot. You have ruined everything now; you do realise that don’t you? I mean it is completely ruined and how about that for a fantastic start eh? Yes, I am being sarcastic, I suppose I have to explain that to someone as brain dead as you. Jesus, why on earth have I been saddled with you. Don’t you fucking dare speak when I am speaking, you’ve done enough damage as it is, you will shut the fuck up and listen to me when I am setting you straight. I have pointed out to you so many bloody times what you should do and you assured me, you stood there and assured me that you knew what you were doing. That was a lie. I SAID SHUT UP AND DON’T INTERRUPT ME! I swear you want me to hit you don’t you? That’s what you are trying to do. Oh I know you alright, you think you are so damn clever but I have you worked out. I know what you are up to. That’s right, wind me up, get it wrong, disappoint and frustrate me and then you want me to explode and land myself in some hot water. Well it isn’t going to work with me. I am not stupid. I am not you, you know. I know what I am doing. I am the one that keep this place together, you would do well to remember that when you are busy ruining everything with your mind-blowing and monumental incompetence. It is breath taking. It truly is. I told you what to do. I told you once, I told you a hundred times and you said to me and I can specifically remember what you said, you said ‘don’t worry, I can be trusted to get it right’. Yes, that is what you said. It is no point looking like that, don’t pull that face with me, don’t you fucking dare, I am sick of you not showing me enough respect around here. I work my backside off to keep things afloat, not that you give me any credit for it though. Oh no, you are too busy taking the piss, fucking things up and spoiling it for everyone and especially for me. I don’t know what I am going to do now. I mean, you’ve just, I, I am almost lost for words. You see, not only have you cocked it right up but you have lied to me as well. I don’t know which is worse, but that’s you all over isn’t it. The liar, the deceiver, you flatter to deceive. Don’t think I don’t know what you get up to. I have my eye on you, yes, you would do well to look worried, I know all about you. What are you looking over there for? Look at me when I am talking to you. Look. At. Me. Oh here we go, the waterworks. If you have messed up and you are being corrected start crying and it will be all okay again. Well it won’t will it? It won’t be okay after what you have done. It won’t be fine. It won’t be good or great or fine and dandy. You have messed it up. I knew this would happen. I knew I shouldn’t have left it to you, but do you know what, I thought to myself, no, give her a chance, let her prove she can do it, let he demonstrate that she can be trusted to get it right, I mean, after all, that is what a relationship is all about isn’t it? Trust. Without trust there is nothing. Do you see what you have done? Do you? Do you really understand the impact of what you have done? Somehow I doubt it, that is why I am having to do this. Do you think I like shouting at you? What’s that? Were you going to nod then? Why you ungrateful and nasty bitch, you have some cheek to accuse me of enjoying this when I am the one who has to put up with the consequence of your outrageous incompetence. I am the one who is put out. I am the one who has to suffer. You will just walk away muttering about having understood, how you have learned your lesson and you won’t do it again but I may as well be speaking in Mandarin for all of the notice that you take. I told you to stop crying. If you don’t stop crying, I am going to seriously lose it with you. Christ, what am I going to do? You’ve messed it up and ruined it for me. You don’t care, you don’t. If you did care you wouldn’t keep doing this would you. You wouldn’t keep making these mistakes and winding me up. You are trying to send me to an early grave aren’t you so you can have all this to yourself aren’t you? Got some fancy man on the side have we? I bet that’s what this is all about isn’t it? Ruin me through your incompetence and then waltz off into the sunset with some Johnny Come Lately after I croak it, sent to an early grave by your scheming. You’d love that wouldn’t you, to see me off. You nasty cow, no wonder nobody likes you, no wonder nobody asks you out. Oh yes, we never get invited anywhere these days because of you and your behaviour and is it any wonder. You are a walking disaster area. I mean people put up with you, they did it for my sake, I have good friends like that, or should I say I had good friends like that but thanks to you they are disappearing like rats on a sinking ship. You won’t be happy will you until you have completely ruined everything for me will you. That’s what you want. You want me on my knees, gasping for breath, miserable and wretched as you cavort and carry on with some other mug that you have seduced and promised the world to. I can’t believe I fell for it, but then I guess you keep the real you hidden don’t you, tucked away until you have your feet under the table, your name on the deeds and the joint Amex account. Well you are not that clever because you won’t beat me. I am cleverer than you. I am going to make you pay for what you have done. I am the one who is in charge here, this is my house and you do what I say. I am going to unleash hell against you after this catastrophe, it is an outrage, a complete outrage. I pity our neighbours having to put up with this, but you make me do it, it is all about you. I am not fooled by the frightened looks and the tears, other people might be taken in by it, but I am not. I know it is all for show. You disgust me, you scheming, manipulative, hateful cow. I curse the day I met you. Now look, you’ve made me late, thanks a bunch, that’s all I need. I’m going and don’t think I’ve finished; this is far from over.”

Silence.

“I thought you would prefer raspberry jam to marmalade,” you say softly to nobody in particular.

2 thoughts on “Tirade : Heated Ignited Fury

  1. Allison says:

    If. Then. Else.

    Keep it in. You must keep it in. You tried to keep in the fear. Weakness. Watched your chin, tried to keep it from quivering. Good. You did cry, but it’s okay.

    He’s gone. Good. Straight to work. Actually to fuck that bitch near the office before he clambers into a meeting. Good thing there are people under him to pick up the slack. But–why care?

    It was the jam, wasn’t it? It’s your favorite now. Isn’t that what you said? Or was it marmalade? Was it? I just don’t know. I thought you’d like it. I wanted to make breakfast for you and I thought you’d like the jam.

    How long have I been on the floor?

    What did I do? I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m so confused.

    Stop it. Think. Breathe.

    I’m not dumb. I know I’m not dumb, but I guess I did fuck up, again, but what was it? What did I do that was so wrong? I ask questions. I have to. You change your mind every day, every hour, I have no idea what you want without asking you and even if I ask you I still have no fucking idea because you either won’t answer, or you tell me one thing and then another. Day to day. Hour to hour. Everything changes. What am I supposed to do?

    (He was standing near the knives oh God he’s gotten so crazy when did he get so crazy he wouldn’t would he?) I didn’t lie–I did know what I was doing. I know how to make fucking toast, but you just–you just–you make everything so hard. God, I wanted to speak, to scream, to yell at you. Couldn’t. You’ll try to have me put in treatment again. Maybe they’ll lock me away for good this time in an asylum. Maybe they should because clearly I’m insane, I feel crazy, so maybe I am. This is crazy.

    Wait. Wait. Remember.

    Purse? Weekend bag. Just think. Just move. Now.

    In my mind I saw you explode or have a heart attack, right here in this kitchen. Dropping dead after something popped in your head from all the yelling. You collapsed in front of me, I called an ambulance, we went to the hospital, and they pronounced you dead.

    Your eyes. I saw it this time. You do enjoy it.

    I caught your smirking. Like the time the coffee mug went sailing past my head. My face feels hot and my hands feel cold. I hate my damn tears. Fuck. Here it comes. Where are my keys? What do I do? Just don’t make any noise. I’m scared, I feel sick, everything is so confusing, I try so hard to please you and I always fail–but I’m also crying because now I hate your goddamn guts, and I’m smaller than you so if I took my fists and struck you you’d only mock me. Dammit. Fresh tears. You evil motherfucker.

    There was something else. There was something else. I could feel it.

    You were devouring me. You are eating me.

    And what? Didn’t you…you offered to combine our finances. It was your idea! You thought it best. I never asked to be put on the deed. That was your idea. Wasn’t it? I’m sure it was. I’m sure it was. I’m not a gold digger. I never wanted your money. I only wanted to love you. Fuck! I don’t care about your money.

    The safe deposit box. Thank God. I’ll just make it.

    Okay. But–

    What if he didn’t mean it? What–

    Stop it. Stop it. God. Don’t do that again. This morning was…and what about later? What about when he comes home? Remember what happened before? You saw his eyes. Something has gone over. One of us will end up dead. Or worse this hell will keep on and on and on, forever and ever and ever. Got to stop. (Just get ready get ready figure it out move move move go).

    And you’re right. No. I’ll never show myself to you again. No. I’ll never show you what I really think again. Ever. You won’t know me. I’m hiding now. I’m going. That’s it. I just can’t take any more of this. Fucking fruit spread! Managing your socks. Anal. Your friends–spies. What the hell was I even thinking? Wait. Shh. Still gone? Yes. That’s Jenn’s car. Her car. You’re gone. Good. Gotta go.

    I did love you. So much, so very much. I still do. But that can’t matter now. I have to hate you so I can think.

    Please please please don’t let me weaken. Not again. Get out. Get out, go. And never stop.

    1. Rebecca says:

      Hi Allison,

      It’s terrible, horrific and I’m sorry you lived it. Xx It’s upsetting to read and like walking down memory lane. The fact that I could visually follow your comments and relive my childhood and younger years with my mother and had so many of the same thoughts and confusion. Xx

      Narc mothers are like living with Dr. Hyde and you don’t know which one you’ll be dealing with, at which moment. It sucks to grow up like that and I thought it was normal for the longest time. I can’t imagine what a normal family is supposed to be like, I thought it was normal. My close friends were abused too.

      What was normal? Did anyone get normal? Xx

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