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Post by emma1420 on May 24, 2015 22:12:54 GMT -5
My brother and I are very close. We talk a few times a week, and I spent every Xmas with him and his family. I get along great with my sister-in-law as well. It does help that we live in different countries, but even if we lived closer I think we'd get along.
Like others, my biological mother is the drama queen in our family. I live a few miles down the road from her and she is an emotional vampire.
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Post by cronewitch on May 25, 2015 3:07:46 GMT -5
I think I am the bad sibling. Eldest brother is in Mexico and seems to have become normal or at least better. He married the world's most wonderful woman we all love her. Since he married her he is involved with family much more his daughter and husband have gone to see them and my other brother and his wife have visited them and taken a cruise with them. He came for a wedding reception when he married her then a vacation then when mom died they came for a month. His bride took care of mom until she couldn't do it but then still there helping and being sweet. She is the kind who keeps telling people she loves them and doing nice things all the time and her parents and entire family are the same way. My other brother has been married since 1968 to a wonderful woman too. I have known her since she was 15-16 and my brother was really lucky to get her, she raised the two kids with him and been a perfect mother and grandmother, great housekeeper and very stylish. She makes all the holiday meals and invites me over all the time, nobody ever gets angry even if we don't agree. She seems defensive now because I used Charles Schwab and she uses Edward Jones, my brother said they were paying 3% and I said I wasn't. She told me they weren't paying 3% of net assets and her broker is making her money so she is happy with him. I never tried to get them to switch but she may have had my brother try it. She tells me she is spending her money while she is young. She thinks I should spend more but we don't argue over it, state opinion once and drop it. She told her brother to send her money every month so she runs out at 90. She is a brilliant woman but doesn't want to understand money and just trust someone else to handle it. We can't change each other so no arguing is needed.
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Post by andi9899 on May 25, 2015 9:12:15 GMT -5
So after I posted about my cousin's meddling wife, she texted me last night asking if I was home. They were at the bar down the street and wanted me to go. I said I was busy.
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Post by andi9899 on May 25, 2015 9:19:38 GMT -5
And why does my mom think it's ok to call me at 6:30 am on my day off and ask me if I called my grandpa about some random thing? I'm going to beat her.
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Post by whoami on May 25, 2015 9:41:58 GMT -5
My brother and I get along fine but have nothing in common.
DHs sister is an effin b?@$&.
My cousins have been duking it out on FaceBook all week, whether to remove their mother from life support and making all sort of accusations over who is doing what for financial gain. Today, one of the cousins is whining that there will be no funeral and she thought there was lfe insurance to pay for it blah blah. None of these people have a pot to piss in, including my aunt who died, so Im not sure what all the drama is about. One of the other aunts, (the sister of the one who died) thinks FaceBook is an appropriate venue for having the conversation. She is happily stirring the pot.
When Dad sent a large check to pay for what would have been a majority of my grandmothers funeral, one of his sisters stole the money. Another one called him demanding $800 and told him not to expect it back any time soon. This is the same one currently encouraging the FB fight.
Keeping it classy as always.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on May 25, 2015 9:56:00 GMT -5
Oh, Lawd. There's low class, and there's scraping the bottom of the barrel. This, however, could be chopping-up-the-barrel-and-using-it-for-furniture low class. My sibs and I don't see each other much, but we get along just fine; we all live fairly far apart. Plus they have kids and all that goes with having kids, and I don't. In an emergency, everyone is there for everyone else though. I have my uncle (mother's brother) and his family, and I'm close to them; they are awesome. My dad's side has some genuinely toxic people on it, and by choice, I don't deal with them. Liars, thieves, morally and financially bankrupt are just some of the ways to describe them. Then there's my brother's XW and her out-in-left-field family. Seriously, if fucked-up was a religion, they would all be ministers.
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Post by whoami on May 25, 2015 10:10:14 GMT -5
Oh, Lawd. There's low class, and there's scraping the bottom of the barrel. This, however, could be chopping-up-the-barrel-and-using-it-for-furniture low class. My sibs and I don't see each other much, but we get along just fine; we all live fairly far apart. Plus they have kids and all that goes with having kids, and I don't. In an emergency, everyone is there for everyone else though. I have my uncle (mother's brother) and his family, and I'm close to them; they are awesome. My dad's side has some genuinely toxic people on it, and by choice, I don't deal with them. Liars, thieves, morally and financially bankrupt are just some of the ways to describe them. Then there's my brother's XW and her out-in-left-field family. Seriously, if fucked-up was a religion, they would all be ministers. Yep, this pretty much descibes dads side. There are 14 siblings total and the majority of them have made their way through court and/or prison for welfare fraud, drugs, being drunks etc. Dad is likely the most sucessful one and from what Ive seen, one of the few sane ones. Ive only met 2 or 3 of his siblings and now that Im older I understand why. Ive never seen more backstabbing selfish people in my life. Im thankful Dad kept us away from all that. My mom has a close family that would do anything for you. They were the people we grew up visiting.
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Post by Lizard Queen on May 25, 2015 10:14:49 GMT -5
There's just my mom, my older half-brother and half-sister, who are her step kids left. We used to hang with cousins, but the cousins decided they wanted to hang out with their other side of the family, so we no longer get together at all for birthdays/Christmas. I was really sad over it for a long time, as we used to be really close. My sister and her husband are alcoholics and both smoke. Lost their house, BIL in jail multiple times for drunk driving, possibly physically abusive too. He and a couple brothers were given a Tool and Die business from their dad, which they ran into the ground. (I'm not presenting this in chronological order. Basically, they were given a lot and blew it all.) My sister has had problems with her pancreas. I'm surprised that she is still alive, since she's still drinking. She is not expected to ever do anything, and I don't count on her for anything at all. My brother I get along with better until I need to depend on him for something. He's pretty ADD, but also he goes fishing every weekend instead of being available to help with anything. It's made me really angry and I've told him off a few times. He's also stolen money from my mom and taken her van for months at a time--without permission. That all said, he's the one I have to rely on to help out with my mom, as I can occasionally get some support from him. He calls me and vents about his XW all the time, but if I call, he usually doesn't answer. It is all about him. Oh, and a couple times I've told him I don't think my mom will live much longer, he starts talking about what they're going to do with the house. Real nice. DH's family is all really nice. His mother is a financial train-wreck, but the wreck's already happened, so there isn't much more to be done about it at this point in time.
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Post by mollyanna58 on May 25, 2015 10:38:50 GMT -5
My siblings and I all get along, although I don't have much in common with a couple of brothers. My sisters are my closest friends. One brother and sister are at odds, but are civil when in the same room. I have mostly nice cousins. A few stay in touch with FB. After reading various stories on these boards over the years, I am very thankful for my relatives.
Right now, my sibs and I are dealing with aging parents who may need to go into assisted living sooner rather than later. I don't expect any real squabbles over their care and eventual estates.
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Post by cktc on May 25, 2015 15:16:24 GMT -5
I'm very close to one sister, and I suppose I'd say friendly with the other. No bad blood to speak of, but she doesn't do empathy, and I don't entirely trust her.
I'm also just friendly with my SIL. She's a good person, but is kind of just into her own stuff, and hasn't really proven to be someone myself or DH can turn to if we need anything.
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Post by ners on May 25, 2015 15:21:30 GMT -5
My younger brother lives in another state from the rest of my siblings. He chooses not to visit often. Almost every summer he asks my sister to watch his son for a week. She refuses and then he does not visit.
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Post by mollyanna58 on May 25, 2015 20:11:31 GMT -5
My younger brother lives in another state from the rest of my siblings. He chooses not to visit often. Almost every summer he asks my sister to watch his son for a week. She refuses and then he does not visit. Does he want your sister to watch his son while he visits the family, or while he goes off on vacation without his son?
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 25, 2015 20:39:02 GMT -5
My younger brother lives in another state from the rest of my siblings. He chooses not to visit often. Almost every summer he asks my sister to watch his son for a week. She refuses and then he does not visit. Wow! I have taken vacation and flown halfway across the country in the middle of Feb. to watch my niece and nephew while my sister and her DH went to Mexico. I figured it was a way I could get to know them. We had a great time and I left with my niece and nephew thinking Aunt Mich was great, and a mess for my sister to deal with. They still think I'm pretty cool.... Out of curiosity, how many/frequently have those in the family have been out to visit him?
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Post by ners on May 26, 2015 4:42:23 GMT -5
My younger brother lives in another state from the rest of my siblings. He chooses not to visit often. Almost every summer he asks my sister to watch his son for a week. She refuses and then he does not visit. Does he want your sister to watch his son while he visits the family, or while he goes off on vacation without his son?
Sort of, the one time he just wanted his son to spend time with his cousins. The second year it was so he could be on vacation. He takes his adult only vacation every year finding a friend to watch his son over the weekend.
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Post by ners on May 26, 2015 4:55:01 GMT -5
My younger brother lives in another state from the rest of my siblings. He chooses not to visit often. Almost every summer he asks my sister to watch his son for a week. She refuses and then he does not visit. Wow! I have taken vacation and flown halfway across the country in the middle of Feb. to watch my niece and nephew while my sister and her DH went to Mexico. I figured it was a way I could get to know them. We had a great time and I left with my niece and nephew thinking Aunt Mich was great, and a mess for my sister to deal with. They still think I'm pretty cool.... Out of curiosity, how many/frequently have those in the family have been out to visit him? I did take my parents to visit him once 10 minutes after we got there my dad said is it time to go home. Wait we drove 12 hours and you are ready to go home. We did not leave early. He never calls me. If I want to talk to him I have to be the one who makes the call. Until recently he always stayed at my house when he visited. I think part of the reason he does not visit often is now that my df lives here my house is a little too small for all of us. He did come for my mom's funeral. He left his wife and child at home. Last year when my sister was on vacation she stopped to see them. My nephew never took his eyes off his electronic distractions. He is 10. This after this implored plea that my nephew wanted to spend time with his cousins. My sister and brother have very different parenting styles and that is part of the problem. Last year all he had to was ask me and I would have watched his son. He would not ask. The reason he does not like my df.
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Post by happyhoix on May 26, 2015 8:06:43 GMT -5
Unfortunately my mom was a narcissistic drama queen, and she raised her youngest child to be the same way.
I don't know how you can be nearly 50 years old and not understand that sulking and refusing to speak to people or having raging melt downs is not something most 50 year old women do.
I also don't understand how someone can be so bossy and critical of other people, and yet so easily offended at the slightest hint of criticism from someone else.
It isn't just like this with her family - she can't keep a job for more than a couple years without quitting, because she becomes convinced her boss and coworkers hate her and are trying to make her life hard. She thinks her DH's step dad and one of his DS also hate her and try to make her life hard.
Several years back, DS got offended at something small I said and had another melt down. It lasted a couple days - blistering, long email rants outlining what a horrible person I am. I finally realized I didn't have to cater to her anymore, because our Mom has dementia and doesn't care anymore about DS's tender feelings, so I told DS she wasn't the center of the universe and she should get over herself. Since then, she's been in a continual sulk, and it's been great. No more walking on eggshells, waiting for the next melt down.
I do feel bad for her and her kids and DH. It has to be hard living with her, and it has to be hard for her, to be continually going off on one thing or another. But I don't want to be close enough to her that I'm in her firing range, anymore.
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Post by Jaguar on May 26, 2015 8:36:16 GMT -5
Unfortunately my mom was a narcissistic drama queen, and she raised her youngest child to be the same way. I don't know how you can be nearly 50 years old and not understand that sulking and refusing to speak to people or having raging melt downs is not something most 50 year old women do. I also don't understand how someone can be so bossy and critical of other people, and yet so easily offended at the slightest hint of criticism from someone else. It isn't just like this with her family - she can't keep a job for more than a couple years without quitting, because she becomes convinced her boss and coworkers hate her and are trying to make her life hard. She thinks her DH's step dad and one of his DS also hate her and try to make her life hard. Several years back, DS got offended at something small I said and had another melt down. It lasted a couple days - blistering, long email rants outlining what a horrible person I am. I finally realized I didn't have to cater to her anymore, because our Mom has dementia and doesn't care anymore about DS's tender feelings, so I told DS she wasn't the center of the universe and she should get over herself. Since then, she's been in a continual sulk, and it's been great. No more walking on eggshells, waiting for the next melt down. I do feel bad for her and her kids and DH. It has to be hard living with her, and it has to be hard for her, to be continually going off on one thing or another. But I don't want to be close enough to her that I'm in her firing range, anymore. Your younger sister sounds exactly like my older sister that I have, everything is a drama and or crisis including buttering a piece of bread, (yes that did actually happen). I let my shit sister stew in her crap, cause I'm the only one brave enough to tell her off.
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Post by happyhoix on May 26, 2015 10:21:49 GMT -5
OK I'll see you're crazy sister and raise you one - mine had a raging melt down and refused to talk to me because I didn't answer her phone call (I was outside doing yard work, I don't take my phone outside when I work in the yard because I don't want to accidentally drop it into a pile of compost). When I came in from the yard a couple hours later, saw that she had called me and called her back, she refused to talk to me (her DH had to lie and say she was in the tub) and then sent me a blistering email about how pissed she was that I saw who was calling and refused to answer my phone because I wanted to be mean to her.
Then there was the time she dumped her best friend from college because she had the gall to talk about her own pregnancy when DS was trying to get pregnant (How rude! How mean!) and the time she quit a job because a male co worker commented on her skirt. (He shouldn't be looking at my clothes!)
Seriously, it would wear me out to be so constantly enraged by such stupid crap.
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Post by The Captain on May 26, 2015 10:23:07 GMT -5
Sis and I are 10 months apart. We talk on the phone almost every day. You hurt either one of us and the other will hunt you down and cut you.
DB is a whole nother story. I haven't actually spoken to him in almost 2.5 years. Sis and I check in with his partner every now and then to make sure DB is still alive. Lots of drama there that I've come to the conclusion it's actually a good thing he's not bouncing in and out of our lives. This used to make me sad, but now I'm just resigned to it.
Mom forced all us to make deathbed promises which I now know was pretty effed up. Sis and I have, never the less, kept up our side of the bargain, as has our Dad.
Both my family, as well as DH's, is very small so missing even one member is painful.
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Post by Jaguar on May 26, 2015 10:31:05 GMT -5
OK I'll see you're crazy sister and raise you one - mine had a raging melt down and refused to talk to me because I didn't answer her phone call (I was outside doing yard work, I don't take my phone outside when I work in the yard because I don't want to accidentally drop it into a pile of compost). When I came in from the yard a couple hours later, saw that she had called me and called her back, she refused to talk to me (her DH had to lie and say she was in the tub) and then sent me a blistering email about how pissed she was that I saw who was calling and refused to answer my phone because I wanted to be mean to her. Then there was the time she dumped her best friend from college because she had the gall to talk about her own pregnancy when DS was trying to get pregnant (How rude! How mean!) and the time she quit a job because a male co worker commented on her skirt. (He shouldn't be looking at my clothes!) Seriously, it would wear me out to be so constantly enraged by such stupid crap. Mine wouldn't talk to me for 3 years cause I wouldn't give her my email address. I'm not interested in her racist crap and she sends a whole bunch of that type stuff to your inbox. BTW it was the quietest 3 years I ever had. And half the family won't give her their email addy's either, but she had the melt down when I said no. She's not on my Facebook either and I don't care what she says about that either. I call her the family chihuahua dog cause she's yapping all the time. your turn
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Post by happyhoix on May 26, 2015 10:40:21 GMT -5
OK I'll see you're crazy sister and raise you one - mine had a raging melt down and refused to talk to me because I didn't answer her phone call (I was outside doing yard work, I don't take my phone outside when I work in the yard because I don't want to accidentally drop it into a pile of compost). When I came in from the yard a couple hours later, saw that she had called me and called her back, she refused to talk to me (her DH had to lie and say she was in the tub) and then sent me a blistering email about how pissed she was that I saw who was calling and refused to answer my phone because I wanted to be mean to her. Then there was the time she dumped her best friend from college because she had the gall to talk about her own pregnancy when DS was trying to get pregnant (How rude! How mean!) and the time she quit a job because a male co worker commented on her skirt. (He shouldn't be looking at my clothes!) Seriously, it would wear me out to be so constantly enraged by such stupid crap. Mine wouldn't talk to me for 3 years cause I wouldn't give her my email address. I'm not interested in her racist crap and she sends a whole bunch of that type stuff to your inbox. BTW it was the quietest 3 years I ever had. And half the family won't give her their email addy's either, but she had the melt down when I said no. She's not on my Facebook either and I don't care what she says about that either. I call her the family chihuahua dog cause she's yapping all the time. your turn I think you beat me with the family Chihuahua dog!
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Post by Ombud on May 26, 2015 10:57:16 GMT -5
My bat shit crazy sis beats both yours . Yesterday she was on the rampage bc a 2nd cousin found a family will written in 1765 but signed with a mark & tattered so it couldn't be real - Facebook tirade on his wall, Memorial Day should be synonymous with Veterans Day - Facebook tirade on another's wall, nephew's GF finished his fence (he was delighted & this isn't even her son) but she went on a Facebook tirade on nephew's wall that she couldn't have put the boards up bc no one witnessed it. She once called DD a bitch bc she wouldn't drive 700 miles to pick me up. (I flew)
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Post by emma1420 on May 26, 2015 11:03:01 GMT -5
OK I'll see you're crazy sister and raise you one - mine had a raging melt down and refused to talk to me because I didn't answer her phone call (I was outside doing yard work, I don't take my phone outside when I work in the yard because I don't want to accidentally drop it into a pile of compost). When I came in from the yard a couple hours later, saw that she had called me and called her back, she refused to talk to me (her DH had to lie and say she was in the tub) and then sent me a blistering email about how pissed she was that I saw who was calling and refused to answer my phone because I wanted to be mean to her. Then there was the time she dumped her best friend from college because she had the gall to talk about her own pregnancy when DS was trying to get pregnant (How rude! How mean!) and the time she quit a job because a male co worker commented on her skirt. (He shouldn't be looking at my clothes!) Seriously, it would wear me out to be so constantly enraged by such stupid crap. Mine wouldn't talk to me for 3 years cause I wouldn't give her my email address. I'm not interested in her racist crap and she sends a whole bunch of that type stuff to your inbox. BTW it was the quietest 3 years I ever had. And half the family won't give her their email addy's either, but she had the melt down when I said no. She's not on my Facebook either and I don't care what she says about that either. I call her the family chihuahua dog cause she's yapping all the time. your turn My mother had a meltdown when I wouldn't accept her Facebook friend request. She spews vile hateful crap on my brother and SILs pages, and used to regularly email me vile crap (until I told her I wasn't reading her emails and just deleting them). For her it's all about making sure that everyone knows she's the victim. She even went as far as accusing my dad as physically abusing my brother and I to try and get us on side (he didn't...she forgets we were actually there). She doesn't understand why neither of us will have anything to do with her. I think some people just feel as though everyone else exists to make them happy regardless of how they have treated others. I think there is something genuinely psychologically broken in those people.
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Post by Jaguar on May 26, 2015 11:05:52 GMT -5
My crazy sister had her daughter fly in from Winnipeg, Manitoba to drive batshit up north, we are in Toronto, Ontario. This isn't her only child, but of the 6 that she had she only has 2 that speak to her, the rest won't put up with her craziness.
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Post by Ombud on May 26, 2015 11:55:14 GMT -5
I think some people just feel as though everyone else exists to make them happy validate them regardless of how they have treated others. I think there is something genuinely psychologically broken in those people. You've met my sister (corrected to fit her)
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Post by Tennesseer on May 26, 2015 12:29:15 GMT -5
Not sure if it has been said yet, but...'You can pick your friends, but you cannot pick your family.'
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Post by happyhoix on May 26, 2015 15:25:56 GMT -5
This is my batshit crazy sister, too. She always has to have villains in her life, so she can cry to everyone else about what a poor victim she is. Her boss, her SIL, her FIL, my other sister, me, people at church - everyone picks on her and she never does a thing to deserve it.
I think it's a way to avoid taking any responsibility for anything that goes wrong in her life. She hasn't ever done well at a job not because she's a poor employee that causes drama on the job but because every boss she ever had hates her and tries to make her fail. So - not her fault, and we need to all feel sorry for her.
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Post by andi9899 on May 26, 2015 15:30:51 GMT -5
Sis and I are 10 months apart. We talk on the phone almost every day. You hurt either one of us and the other will hunt you down and cut you. DB is a whole nother story. I haven't actually spoken to him in almost 2.5 years. Sis and I check in with his partner every now and then to make sure DB is still alive. Lots of drama there that I've come to the conclusion it's actually a good thing he's not bouncing in and out of our lives. This used to make me sad, but now I'm just resigned to it. Mom forced all us to make deathbed promises which I now know was pretty effed up. Sis and I have, never the less, kept up our side of the bargain, as has our Dad. Both my family, as well as DH's, is very small so missing even one member is painful. My sister and I are 10 months apart as well. Technically, we are 9 months apart as we are a day short. I never found anyone else that close in age to a sibling.
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Post by The Captain on May 26, 2015 16:06:29 GMT -5
Sis and I are 10 months apart. We talk on the phone almost every day. You hurt either one of us and the other will hunt you down and cut you. DB is a whole nother story. I haven't actually spoken to him in almost 2.5 years. Sis and I check in with his partner every now and then to make sure DB is still alive. Lots of drama there that I've come to the conclusion it's actually a good thing he's not bouncing in and out of our lives. This used to make me sad, but now I'm just resigned to it. Mom forced all us to make deathbed promises which I now know was pretty effed up. Sis and I have, never the less, kept up our side of the bargain, as has our Dad. Both my family, as well as DH's, is very small so missing even one member is painful. My sister and I are 10 months apart as well. Technically, we are 9 months apart as we are a day short. I never found anyone else that close in age to a sibling. Irish twins!!! All I know is my father is damn lucky my mother didn't smother him in his sleep...gawd can you imagine being pregnant again less than two months after giving birth?
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andi9899
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Post by andi9899 on May 26, 2015 16:19:16 GMT -5
I don't know how they did it. Mine were 19 months apart and that was hard enough.
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