Madelaine Petsch

Really?

Yeah.

Okay.

But, like, explain that to me.

Like, let's say I called her and I was like, oh, I tried this drug and I'm 18 years old and, like, this is how I felt.

She'd be like, wow, and how did you feel and did you feel safe and what was the experience like and who were you with?

And it was never like, how dare you do this thing?

It was like, okay, cool.

And, like, what did you learn from that and would you want to do it again?

And, you know, it was more like just so much trust in me, like, innately as a human being that I know what's right that, like, she just trusted me enough to have, like, a normal relationship with me.

Yeah.

And of course they're with discipline as a child, but at a certain point when I've moved away from home, there's nothing she can actually do.

So she's like, I'd rather be her friend.

I'd rather be in her corner than not.

I unfortunately got to that point very early in my life because I grew up with a father that acted like a child often, if I'm being honest.

So I very early learned to rationalize behavior that shouldn't have been rationalized and excuse things and find excuses for things because I had compassion for my dad.

So I learned that woefully early as a child.

But I do see how both of them got to where they are.

I see how my mom...

her two favorite words are peace and tranquility.