Okay, I am not an expert on the Norma/Becky/BigAl relationship,
Maybe I missed something, but I have seen many places where Norma was excoriated as a homophobic bitch who kicked her daughter out of the house for being gay. I wonder if that wasn’t a gross misrepresentation of what actually happened, given the fact that Big AL blames all her misfortunes on the fact that she is fat. Why not be ready to whip out the “Norma kicked out Becky because she’s gay” card as well?
Although I never saw anywhere where she got a chance to defend herself, I saw plenty of people take someone else’s word for it, so I just wanted to present it from the point of view of a mother who most likely grew up in a different time with different social mores. Things have been changing for years, but most parents would have to have a difficult period of adjustment to finding out their child was gay. I don’t know what kind of a Christian she was either, but most Christian parents would have a doubly hard time of it.
And to add to the initial shake-up, imagine her showing up with Amberlynn Reid. I have a son, and I can assure you, if he showed up with a 600-pound girl, I would definitely have to have some time to process.
How do we know it wasn’t, “I’m sorry, but you cannot bring that woman to live with us”? And then Becky said “either that or I am leaving” or something along those lines. How do we know it had anything at all to do with Becky’s sexual preference? There are so many scenarios that COULD have happened, but only they know the truth, and we all know AMBERLYNN LIES.
We do know that Norma put forth effort to be involved in Becky’s life after the “kicking out.” She didn’t “disown” Becky, rather she invited Amberlynn, as well as Eric and Ricky, into her home in an obvious attempt to stay in Becky’s good graces. We don’t know how all that unfolded, how many times there were disagreements, misunderstandings, etc. I think that Big Al did all she could to drive a wedge between Becky and her family, for whatever reason. What we DO know is that, at the end of her life—as sick and frightened as she must have been already—she was terrified of losing her daughter. This fear could have been alleviated by the Gruesome Twosome, but evidently the drama was more important to them than helping Norma die with some sort of peace of mind. And that is unforgivable.
I know this may be off-topic, but I think that woman was done wrong. If I am misreading the situation, or if I am missing any FACTS, please feel free to set me straight.