I appreciate that. Looking back, it really was disgusting that she tried to use “love” as an excuse to try to force me to change my damn diet!?!?

At the time, I was too caught up in raising our family to see her subtle abuses. So when she’d refuse my physical affection over so-called “cat food breath,” I used to really take it to heart. For a long time, I’d honestly almost convinced myself that I really was the problem, somehow.