The List of Cruelties

It’s cruel when you:

• Call me any name other than “sweetie” “love” or, to DS, “Mommie”
• Tell me that you don’t like me
• Wonder how you’re going to teach DS not to hate me
• Blame me for DS’s fussing or crying
• Fail to touch me for days on end
• Refuse to make love with me
• Blame me for failing to meet expectations you do not express aloud
• Tell me that I’m bizarre, weird, an idiot, stupid or disgusting
• Practice “guerilla art” (as you call it) on me
• Express your anger in destructive ways
• Engage in escalation techniques that you think are obviously ridiculous
• Undermine my authority as DS’s mommie
• Neglect to tell me that I look pretty occasionally
• Don’t flirt with me