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Katy Langston reflects on how her marriage and family relationships were destroyed by the influence of Vice.
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- The author's marriage was ruined and she blames Vice for it.
- The author sacrificed a lot to save her dying mother from addiction.
- The author's family blamed her for her mother's depression and demanded assets.
- The author felt that she didn't matter to anyone and was emotionally gutted.
- The author's husband screamed at her, saying she owed him.
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Author Katy Langston reflects on the destruction of her marriage and strained family relationships caused by Vice.
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In this article titled "Dear Vice, Thanks for Ruining My Marriage" by Katy Langston, the author reflects on the destruction of her marriage and her strained relationship with her family. The author describes her husband's intense anger towards her and questions how
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Dear Vice, Thanks for Ruining My Marriage
You owe me! he bellowed with demonic spite. You owe me! You owe me! You owe me!
Katy Langston
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is convictions were solid; his anger surreal. How had I spent 11 years living on this mountain, somewhat peacefully, calling it home, only to find out it was a volcano?
He was a volcano.
More of my essence escaped with each verbal assault as I sat there in the drivers seat of my car. My moms car actually; my dying mom.
How could he harbor so much wrath for me, especially
now
? I wondered.
She didnt have much longer to live. After 40 years of meth use followed by a
horrific overdose,
I sacrificed jobs and opportunities to save her life when no one else would. My family was willing to let her die all alone on her couch, caked in dried piss, mouth flapping like a fish out of water, bones like an archaeological site, eyes grey with deaths curtain.
I saved her.
I worked miracles and nurtured her with healthy food and love when everyone said it couldnt be done.
Mom didnt just spring back to life, but she even quit meth and made amends with everyone. Instead of a Thank you, from my family, I was
emotionally gutted
by them.
After a couple of months of sobriety, Mom began having strokes; each one leaving her more depressed than the last. The same people that left her alone to die
blamed me for her depression,
saying I didnt let her eat enough sweets or smoke enough cigarettes. Then, they swooped in like vultures demanding assets when the woman wasnt even dead yet.
They devoured my entrails and left my carcass to hang from a tree.
The message was clear. I didnt matter to anyone.
I didnt even exist.
The joy and pride I had felt upon witnessing Moms rejuvenation while I danced in her living room to Tom Pettys American Girl, adorned with tiny rainbows cast by crystals that hung in her window was ripped away from me with Moms declining health and the cruel, (yet familiar), scapegoating tactics from family.
Now, he guts me too,
I assessed, crippled with shock. He continued to scream, You owe me! You owe me! You owe me! for about 3 minutes straight.
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