Cynthia says that, on returning from Hamburg, John bought Cynthia a
gorgeous new coat. The couple then decided to visit John's Aunt Mimi;
the plan was for John to treat her to a lunch of chicken. Mimi,
however, had a tantrum, and threw the chicken at John, screaming at John
for having spent money on Cynthia, whom she dubbed a "gangster's moll."


In her book John, Cynthia reflected:

That day her behavior towards John was probably a mixture of fury that
John had spent money on me, rather than handing it over to her, and
jealousy because he obviously cared about me. Mimi wanted and expected
John's devotion, and if you got in her way you were not popular. She constantly hounded and oppressed him. He often complained that she
never left him alone and found fault with everything he did. Even
before his mother died, she had been the closest thing he had to a
parent, and he wanted to please her, but she made it impossible for him.
Years later, when he was world famous and wealthy, he was still trying
to earn her approval and she was still telling him off.

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