![]() But, “you see”, what does that say about me, then? Perhaps I AM the stupid one here, after all. I can “see” why you were to comment with your own pair upon reading the article. Clearly he is close with his mother, and would therefore – short of that brother being adopted or ostracized from his “original family” (yet another set of words that, when put together, sound completely asinine. “You see”, if he was the son of your mother’s brother, that would make you his first cousin, and he yours. “You see”, the reason I say that is because no normal, sane and/or sober person would comment something as random and as utterly pointless as you’ve done here, all the while including virtually zero evidence of your (to be entirely honest) eerie and creepy claims of familial ties. Though, “you see”, I will admit that the idea of this man having a super fan, as you seem to be, is about as believable as your story is, so maybe there is something there after all. If we didn’t see it, we wouldn’t “see”, now would we? But, “you see”, the information you just gave us is all public record and quite honestly sounds like a bad story you concocted because you’re an obsessed fan of his somehow. Because, “you see”, even you’re reading something, you have to see it. Hey Mike, we’re going out here, we’re going out there, can you come? Blah blah blah. Girls are gone, relationships are over, things like that that I was in. I cannot go out and have a good time knowing that I could be taking care of her and that she needs my help. MIKE: How do you forget about your original family? Everyone does. (“The Andy Griffith Show”, spoon and bowl sounds) You gotta remember it’s old humor, but it’s still really cool. MIKE: When you go back to the old humor from the old days, everything was just nice and clean. MIKE: It’s a little bit hard to breathe when you’re eating and the sinuses and everything so the oxygen really helps out a lot for a little while. So we got some sweet potatoes for her and I’m gonna make her some chicken dinner and I’m gonna put in an egg and a little salt and she’ll be all set. ![]() So I do for her like she always did for me. That sound good? And I’ll make something, and we’ll watch Andy Griffith, right? Andy Griffith’s our favorite show. We’re gonna get up and have some nice supper, right Osh? I’ll make you a nice little bowl of soup. I’ve seen it all with outside help, and I’m not about to find out which are good and which are bad, so I do it all myself. You finished the drink already? Okay, good. Hey Osh everything okay kid? We’ll just move our legs a little. And people who’ve met me, they’re like (gasp), then they talk to me… You know, I was 100 pounds heavier, big beard, I was freaking…big. If I walked into a store and somebody was coming out, they might scream. ![]() If you went back ten or fifteen years when I was on TV, forget about it. MIKE: Believe it or not, now I’m the least menacing I ever looked. For Arotsky, having control over and close involvement in his mother’s final years is worth it. That means personal sacrifices friendships and romantic relationships have taken a backseat to the daily cycle of feeding, cleaning, and old television shows. Currently, about 1.3 million people live in nursing homes, and the average cost of a private room tops $83,000 annually.Īrotsky has chosen to avoid the assisted care facility system entirely, taking on the burden of elder care himself. Approximately 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 each day. The number of seniors in America is growing rapidly. “How can you forget your original family?” “Unfortunately, American society is all about me,” Arotsky said. His brother, who lives in the apartment with Arotsky and their mother, works full-time to support the household. Arotsky doesn’t trust anyone else to look after his mother and can’t stand the idea of sending her to a nursing home. At 55 years old, Arotsky now spends his days in a cramped apartment in Howard Beach, Queens, spoon-feeding baby food to his bed-bound, 89-year-old mother.Īrotsky’s mother suffers from Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder in which the immune system attacks the nerves and eventually paralyzes the body. In past lives he was a body builder and an actor on HBO. Mike Arotsky, also known as Mike Tattoo, is covered in ink and loves his motorcycles.
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