Tig Notaro

just so rigid and um buttoned up and um and my mother was really my biggest cheerleader and i had a similar experience um when my mother died i was we had buried her in mississippi and we were driving away my stepfather and i were driving away and um and he said you know i um I owe you an apology. And I was like, oh, for what?

just so rigid and um buttoned up and um and my mother was really my biggest cheerleader and i had a similar experience um when my mother died i was we had buried her in mississippi and we were driving away my stepfather and i were driving away and um and he said you know i um I owe you an apology. And I was like, oh, for what?

just so rigid and um buttoned up and um and my mother was really my biggest cheerleader and i had a similar experience um when my mother died i was we had buried her in mississippi and we were driving away my stepfather and i were driving away and um and he said you know i um I owe you an apology. And I was like, oh, for what?

And he said, for when I told you that your career was a waste of your time and your intelligence. And I said, oh, I was, first of all, surprised that he I was devastated when he told me that because I failed three grades. I dropped out of high school. And I was proud of myself because I had...

And he said, for when I told you that your career was a waste of your time and your intelligence. And I said, oh, I was, first of all, surprised that he I was devastated when he told me that because I failed three grades. I dropped out of high school. And I was proud of myself because I had...

And he said, for when I told you that your career was a waste of your time and your intelligence. And I said, oh, I was, first of all, surprised that he I was devastated when he told me that because I failed three grades. I dropped out of high school. And I was proud of myself because I had...

made a life for myself in comedy and I was probably more successful, uh, making more money than most people that I knew that went off to college, even though I was just doing comedy clubs, I was still making really good money. And, um, and I think I had made up in my mind that Rick, my, my stepfather was, um,

made a life for myself in comedy and I was probably more successful, uh, making more money than most people that I knew that went off to college, even though I was just doing comedy clubs, I was still making really good money. And, um, and I think I had made up in my mind that Rick, my, my stepfather was, um,

made a life for myself in comedy and I was probably more successful, uh, making more money than most people that I knew that went off to college, even though I was just doing comedy clubs, I was still making really good money. And, um, and I think I had made up in my mind that Rick, my, my stepfather was, um,

proud of me and thought i had found this loophole but he told me he thought it was a waste of my time and intelligence and so when he apologized for that i was so surprised and he got choked up which i had never seen before either and he said um i had projected onto you And the idea of what... And this is coming from, I mean, truly the most robotic man. And he was crying.

proud of me and thought i had found this loophole but he told me he thought it was a waste of my time and intelligence and so when he apologized for that i was so surprised and he got choked up which i had never seen before either and he said um i had projected onto you And the idea of what... And this is coming from, I mean, truly the most robotic man. And he was crying.

proud of me and thought i had found this loophole but he told me he thought it was a waste of my time and intelligence and so when he apologized for that i was so surprised and he got choked up which i had never seen before either and he said um i had projected onto you And the idea of what... And this is coming from, I mean, truly the most robotic man. And he was crying.

And I was sitting there thinking, how is my mother missing this? Like, we've buried her, we're driving away. But I still think, like, if my mother... you know, knew that that happened, she would feel like it doesn't matter when it happened, just the fact that it happened is wonderful.

And I was sitting there thinking, how is my mother missing this? Like, we've buried her, we're driving away. But I still think, like, if my mother... you know, knew that that happened, she would feel like it doesn't matter when it happened, just the fact that it happened is wonderful.

And I was sitting there thinking, how is my mother missing this? Like, we've buried her, we're driving away. But I still think, like, if my mother... you know, knew that that happened, she would feel like it doesn't matter when it happened, just the fact that it happened is wonderful.

And he said, you know, I had projected all of these ideas of what you were supposed to do, the path you were supposed to take, and it didn't line up with the map that I was looking at. And he said, and I realize now that it is... Not the child's responsibility to teach their parent who they are. It is the parent's responsibility to learn who their child is. And I did not do that. And I am sorry.

And he said, you know, I had projected all of these ideas of what you were supposed to do, the path you were supposed to take, and it didn't line up with the map that I was looking at. And he said, and I realize now that it is... Not the child's responsibility to teach their parent who they are. It is the parent's responsibility to learn who their child is. And I did not do that. And I am sorry.

And he said, you know, I had projected all of these ideas of what you were supposed to do, the path you were supposed to take, and it didn't line up with the map that I was looking at. And he said, and I realize now that it is... Not the child's responsibility to teach their parent who they are. It is the parent's responsibility to learn who their child is. And I did not do that. And I am sorry.

And I was like. That's incredible. Oh, my. I was stunned. I was absolutely stunned.

And I was like. That's incredible. Oh, my. I was stunned. I was absolutely stunned.