LAST EDITED ON 02-26-06 AT 09:12 AM (EST)

That was the way I took it also sharnina. Her father's family couldn't look at it as drunk driving and made it a suicide.

IMHO I don't know why Christie would embellish anything that happened to her. I can't imagine living my life wondering if I would get a phone call that my mother finally overdosed and died. And Christie also lived the life of many, many addictions. So not sure what is there to embellish. I think Christie just doesn't know how to be a grown up responsible adult because no one has bothered to show her. That is why she fails in relationships, it is her way or bye-bye.

The difference between Kim and Christie and the mother assignments is that Kim wants to know everything and currently has a relationship with her mom while Christie could care less to know more about her mom. I find it odd that Kim is supposed to have a relationship with her mom but can't bring herself to ask her why she never came back. If it was, as her mom told Chrisite that the father wouldn't let her have Kim back, why did no one else in the family ever tell Kim that? Sounds odd that even her aunt that cares for her deeply didn't know that. It explains a lot as to why her dad was so mean, he was taking revenge for mom out on Kim.

Kim goes at her assignments 1000% Christie also does her but at a slower pace. Both complete them, so I feel Kim was way out of line to keep nagging at Christie to contact people. Seeing Kim do this reminds me what her husband said - no matter what you do for her it is never enough. Why didn't Rhonda pick up on this and address it???? Instead she told Christie to step it up a notch and Kim to dial it back a notch. Kim's idea of dialing it back was to call her mom herself and hand the phone to Christie. I would be po'd too if I were Christie.