Holdek said:
ChurchOfGodBear said:
Ehhh... that could be, but Barb hasn't shown a knack for predicting Chris's behavior, nor being willing to attempt to control him.
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It seems trying to keep him on a short leash is what she's been doing all his life, and even more so now.
Oh, true, but she's only controlling him in her own very narrow self-interests. Larger matters like "If I leave Chris at the game store for hours and he scares little kids, bad things will happen" or "If I give my horny manchild unmonitored internet access and sex toys, there is a slight chance he'll draw unwanted attention to himself and this house" are not even on her radar. Barb controls Chris to keep him close, but has never shown any desire to keep Chris from making an ass of himself beyond that. I don't think Barb's presence at this party had anything to do with her wanting to keep him out of trouble.
What I
could believe, possibly, is that Chris was allowed to attend only if he was accompanied by a parent. Perhaps Chris got in trouble and was almost uninvited from his own graduation party. This is all speculation, though. There's nothing to suggest this and Chris's real batshittedness would not begin until he started at PVCC.
I really just think Barb was there because she's the primary female friend he has, and without her Chris would have been in a room with dozens of people who didn't like him that much.