When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989 I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car Boycott Exxon!
Women have this obsession with shoes.
I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp...
Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.