Posted by AuntieMel on December 29, 2005, at 11:11:37
In reply to Re: sorry about that, posted by alexandra_k on December 27, 2005, at 15:47:12
"have already been informed about how much of the ornaments etc will be going to stepdaughter to 'keep them in the family' and when i do get any money off them i always have to ask (and i do this only when in dire need) but father is so oblivious he says things like 'we don't mind helping you out because we gave step-sister 6 times that amount just last week' and it has always been like that....
i don't have a problem with stepsisteri have a problem with the wicked witch of the west (who is lovely to her own children don't get me wrong)
and my father the gutless wonder"
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Good Gawd, this sounds familiar! Down to who gets which piece of crystal. (They were all tagged and numbered, too, so there wouldn't be any mixups)
Having to borrow money from them when they do all they can do to help "Poor Glen" <honest, for the longest time I thought his first name was "Poor"> down the street 'cause his parents don't want to.
Gag!
I quit playing that game a long time ago, became pleasant, but uninvolved. Quit going there for holidays. The whole bit.
He died, I don't talk to her, and I *still* have a house full of things that need dusting.
You can do it, too.
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Now for the bit of lecture. Remember how you always say that a person "chooses" how they react to a post? In a lot of ways the same applies to family. Give it a shot and "choose" to refuse to let them get under your skin.
poster:AuntieMel
thread:592374
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20051225/msgs/593097.html