A hand shake deal
I watched with horror as the Prime Minister quite literally forced a young woman to shake hands with him. I have no idea what his motive was. Media opportunity? Did he think he was doing the right thing? Was he so out of his comfort zone that his normal behaviours changed? Only he knows the answer to this. The questions it raised in my haunted back to childhood days. Those questions of rights, of respect and personal space that people without a narcissistic parent just don't ever seem to need to ask themselves. So with this in mind I asked someone whose opinion I trust implicitly, and who I know would never lie to me this rather bizarre question: "What parts of your naked mother do you remember seeing when you were growing up?" A resounding NONE was the expected and received answer. Another screaming acknowledgement that my own life had not been normal, and that my boundaries were not respected. So, have the "chuck-up-bucket" on hand while I explore...