I had a conversation with Anoreth about “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina.”
Claiming that one’s present actions are a reaction to previous conditions is common. When I first met DP, he claimed that the reason his apartment was filthy was because he’d had to keep things clean when he lived in barracks. I told him that was infantile.
Yes, I went through that with Igor. I asked him one day why he left his clothes on the floor, expecting me to pick them up, citing his long navy career (30 years) as evidence that he knew how to clean up after himself.
His response? “I know, but I’m not in the navy any more am I?” My reply, “No, and I’m not your mother, am I?”
His daughter’s response to my comment was just as lame as his was, all those years ago. But she’s the one that will suffer in the coming years because of all those piercings, I have no doubt. None of that will go with her in the Eternities.