“The Omen 6”: Now filming in my house, apparently
Dear Satan:
I’m sure you think it was very funny switching bodies with my 14-year-old son. Hee hee. Ha ha. You’ve had your fun. Now I’m ready to have Dominic back.
What’s this? It’s not you? He’s just a typical 14-year-old boy. There’s more where that came from, you say?
Oh no.
A Dominic selfie: “Feeling cute. Might delete later.”I was certain he was inhabited by a demon Sunday (the Sabbath — oh the irony). He was so unusually awful that I told him I was done speaking to him for a while so I could preserve my sanity.
I didn’t say one word to him for five whole days. If he came into the room, I left. I’ve never done that before, but honestly, it gave me such peace.
At one point, Eddie and I had this conversation:
Him: When are you going to start talking to Dominic?
Me: I don’t know. It’s been kind of great.
Him: Maybe for you but you not talking to him means I have to, and he makes me want to kill him.
I felt like I had failed as a parent though. It was going to be my dirty little secret. But then I told another mom about it in confidence, and she said, “Yep. I’ve been there. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do for your own sake. They suck at that age.”
Emboldened, I confessed to another friend.
She said, “I’ve totally done that. I’ve even packed a bag and left the house to stay in a hotel for the night.”
That’s some Big Mom Energy right there.
It’s nice to know I’m not alone.
Or is it?
Do you have a special treatment (i.e., tranquilizer or the like) for such creatures? Or do I need to take that up with another entity?
Let me know. Things are tough here, which you might love, but remember that the 14-year-old might even be too much for you to bear.
Yours truly from HOTlanta (tee hee*),
Beth
* No one in Atlanta uses this term for real. It’s cringey. And we all immediately know “you ain’t from ’round here.”
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