A Picture of Disrespect
Unfriendliness chilling my body
And taunting with pictures of home
Deep Purple - "Pictures of Home" - Machine Head - 1972
So, one day in May 2018 Dad and I were in his den when I cringed to realize Aydin was staring at me from the other side of the room. Come to think of it, that had been the case for a while, probably since around the time the jagoff croaked.
Why was a portrait of that creep who cheated on my mother (and Dad's dead wife of 50 years) and gave her an STD because she wouldn't let him fuck her in the ass prominently displayed in the main room of my Dad's home?
If that ain't a big bucket of wrong, buckets don't even exist.
I considered the matter, then engaged Dad:
ME: Hey Boss....ya know there's a portrait of Aydin on your table over there?
DAD (IMMEDIATELY pissed): No. What in the hell is it doing there?
ME: Eyeballing us. I take it that's not the décor you prefer.
DAD (after a thoughtful pause): Well.....no!
ME: I heartily concur. It would seem there are actually three photos of him.
DAD: There are three photos of him on the table?!?
ME: Kindasorta. One is displayed properly and two are laying flat facing the ceiling. All three are identical photos in identical frames.
DAD (puzzled): Neila probably did that.
ME: Well, uh, I didn't think Ryan or the maids done it, Boss.
DAD (more puzzled): Why would she have 3 copies there?
ME (also puzzled): That's just how she often things. Why spend $12 when ya can git 'zactly the same damn thing fer $36?
DAD (chuckling, annoyed): God almighty!
Unilaterally deciding to display Aydin's portrait in a prominent location in Dad's house was a disgusting, audacious act of disregard and yet another in a long, long line of slaps in the face to my people.
A depiction of Mom's cheating, disease-spreading, deadbeat, narcissistic prima donna sissy ex-husband is real, REAL close to the last thing in the universe Dad wanted in his home, sitting somewhere between a chlorine gas leak and a king cobra.
I Swear, the Nerve of Some People
It's quite likely none of this even occurred to the tone-deaf bulbous bumpkin who deployed the photo. It's yet another of many, many impressive acts of oblivious arrogance in tune with The Flozberk Way.
Seriously, WTF kind of person takes it upon herself to prominently place a photo of the sleazy ex-husband of a widower's dearly beloved dead wife in the primary gathering room of said widower's home?
I wonder if it even occurred to Neila how insulting this was to a stepfather she was supposed to respect and treasure. It is actually possible she, or any human, can be arrogant and dense enough to be rendered THAT profoundly clueless? How can someone's internal monologue be THAT suppressed?
It's impressive to see someone you already expect to be an idiot further lower the bar beneath her already dank cellar. The world is truly a fascinating and bewildering place.