RANT - Is it me or ...

[KenJulio]

I hope y'all don't mind me ranting, but I needed to get it off my chest.

So our house is just about done and we're about to move back in after being flooded out, I have taken my mother furniture shopping, dining, living, bedrooms, and mattress shopping. After weeks of shopping, my mother has decided against purchasing a new mattress, since it is only a few years old. Against, my brother, sister, and my advise, she wants to keep it. With that said, she goes furniture shopping today and I get a raving lunatic on the phone bitching me out for not buying her a mattress. For me, I'm use to it, up until today, I pulled the phone away from my ear and let her run on. After it quieted it down, I said, bye. The person on the other end, my sister.

It's 'considerate' of her for letting us stay in her home till the house is done, but it sure isnt a family type atmosphere. I walk out into the living room and there's a comment about our family. I am just chomping on the bits to get out of here....TOMORROW BABEE!

Anyways, my brother and I were making a run to home depot/lowes yesterday and were talking about her and how she has been. One event popped into our head which I think triggered some of this. My father purchased a new boat and my sister does our insurance, so my father went shopping for a plan for the boat. Dad sent the info over to my sister and wanted to know what she thought, well, all hell broke loose after that. My sister accused MY dad and step-mother of not helping my sister out. It's not like they dont have enough business with her, business, home, auto, life, etc. Anyways, my sister wrote back, asking why they are looking at another company for insurance in the not so nice way. Sadly, this event made my stepmom cry and has changed her outlook towards us(stepchildren).

Oh, here's the topper, last week, we got the news from mom(not stepmom), that she is a few years behind on her taxes. My sister offered to do them, so with that said, she went ballastic on mom about it's her responsibility and not to place blame on others. Some history behind it, is that our older brother has had all the documents since he said he was doing them earlier this year. Of course, that didn't happen. So, she went ballastic on mom, I came home and mom is just sitting there. I ask what's wrong and she starts balling and she explains what my sister said and such. This is all occurred within a 60min window.

Am I crazy to think, to just blow her off? It's hard since she has a daughter which I spoil *snickers*. I would rather not speak to her or have anything to do with her.

I'll put it this way, just thinking about this, has me tearing up.

Maybe this year, I'll get her a lump of coal for Christmas. Hmm...wait, that would require effort, f that!

[Westx]

No Ken your not crazy at all for think of just blowing her off and you have for more restraint then I have cause I would have done told her to kiss my wide white behind.

Family means a great deal to me but nothing is so dear that I would put up with that kind of behavior.


Sounds like sister needs to be put in time out for a while.

[C!LLY]

you're better than me, I dont even talk to my mom, I am tolerating my Dad for the time being, I talk to one sister on a regular basis, and the other only calls when she wants something, so if I'm in a good mood I'll answer, and I get along ok with my stepmom. As for my more "distant" siblings, well, I might talk to them on Christmas.

If you're worried about screwing up the relationship with your neice, then thats a different story. I dont know what to say about that.