"You Told Harpo To Beat Me"

Its amazing where I get my inspirations to write, just simply crazy. I was thinking about the movie Color Purple when Celie told Sophia's husband to beat her. Harpo was complaining to Celie that he did't know what to do with Sophia and out of nowhere Celie said "beat her". Later Sophia came to Celie and said, "You told Harpo to beat me. I had to fight my daddy and I never thought I'd have to fight my own husband, but I'll kill him dead". Everybody remember that scene and it has been part of many jokes. But how often does that happen? The parent or friend may not actually say the words "beat her" but in many instances they don't say anything. I remember calling my ex mother to tell her how her son was treating me, he got on the phone with her and I am not sure what she said but it must've been really funny because he was full of laughs.

I remember as a kid my brothers were at dating age. If my brothers girlfriends had problems with my brothers and they told my mom she would snap on my brothers. She demanded that my brothers respect the women they dated. My brothers girlfriends loved my mother because she didn't just take her sons side. My mom cared about their girlfriends and she now love their wives.

I heard one mom say to her son, "if you hit her in her mouth one good time she'll shutup." I didn't know what to think. My mom would never be a cheerleader for my brothers abusive behavior and I will never condone that type of behavior in my son.