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Article: A Rob Lowe snub is, of course, mom's fault
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 27, 1988
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Judy Markey is on vacation. The following column is excerpted from
her book, You Only Get Married for the First Time Once.
The mother of a teenage daughter exists for two reasons. To be
ignored and to be hated. Not really hated. Just hated enough to
make the separating-out process a bit easier. The sort of
God-my-mom-is-such-a-bitch sort of hate that, along with rhinestone
earrings and a pair of Guess jeans, is prerequisite equipment for the
basic adolescent mode. This kind of hate is pretty much a pro forma
thing.
And at least 80 percent of the time you are rational enough not
to take it personally.
However, there is that 20 percent of the time when you would
give absolutely ...