June 15th, 2005
I’m related to a bunch of nuts. Some certifiable, some medicated, and some in permanent denial that probably led to their condition in the first place. In any case, the older I get, the less of their crap I’m willing to put up with. One by one, they’re dropping from my list of associates.
First was my mom, who certainly earned her partial excommunication. Then it was my dad, who has become such a mealymouthed liar that I can’t bear to be around him. To be honest, I always hope things will improve, so I check back now and then, but I’m usually sorry.
Well, now it’s my aunt. She’s the only local relative whose psychosis is somewhat tolerable, meaning that it generally doesn’t aim itself in my direction. Except when it does. She thinks she’s more perfect than anybody else on the planet, in every conceivable way, and woe be it unto any who disagree. Mmmhmm… Riiiiight.
I finally gave up and stopped responding to her on Memorial Day weekend. We had agreed to meet up for a short visit and I called in advance to finalize our plans, but then she proceeded to obsess over what kind of mood I’d be in, what my attitude would be like, blah blah. Sending conflicting messages. Impossible to please.
The way I figure, if I make her so miserable, the kindest thing to do is buzz off and leave her in peace. Of course, she knows by now that I’m deliberately avoiding her because we used to talk (does that phrase still apply when all I do is listen?) about three hours a week. So now I feel guilty because in a way it feels like a vacation from purgatory.
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9 Comments
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Lewis Moten&hellip | June 15th, 2005 at 10:35 pm
I used to feel like this with my mom when I stopped talking to her. Now she is starting to come back in my life and playing the guilt card on me.
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Cassiopeia&hellip | June 16th, 2005 at 12:57 am
What’s really strange is I posted this afternoon about my mom being nuts too. Picture and all. Freaky.
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soapbox.SUPERSTAR&hellip | June 16th, 2005 at 7:24 am
Are we related? P.S. The answer to Nadine’s Trivia was: KIDD VIDEO – Kidd, Carla, Whiz and Ash… and don’t forget… Master Blaster, Glitter and the Copy Cats. See you on the Flipside!
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Nadine&hellip | June 16th, 2005 at 8:54 am
You are too funny! I think everyone has a cashew or two in the fam. I may be one of them, for all I know… Too crazy to believe them :0)
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Neb&hellip | June 16th, 2005 at 12:33 pm
I think I’m the nut in my family, pretty much. You’re doing the right thing by getting some distance. They know where to find you if they really want to communicate. No sense wasting time setting yourself up as a punching bag. Don’t hesistate to say just why you’re backing off. I had to do this with my sister many years ago, and it took about a year for her to lighten up and quite projecting her neuroses on to me.
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KangaMini&hellip | June 16th, 2005 at 3:41 pm
The only person in my family that has been certified as being 100% officially crazy is my aunt. Who shares the same birth day as I do – Oct. 2… She probably doesn’t even like pancakes.
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MommaK&hellip | June 16th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
My family is so crazy its scary…
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nanette&hellip | June 16th, 2005 at 11:25 pm
My family is nuts, too. My mom is a wacky Filipina (but TONS of fun), my bro ran off and eloped to a girl we never met, and, well, this comment box is too small to fully elaborate on the nut jobs in my family. Sadly, you can pick your friends but ya can’t pick your family.
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Agent99&hellip | June 17th, 2005 at 9:49 am
I had a line that I used to say when I was younger about my goofy family. It went something like this:
The world is one big fruit cake; and my family are all the nuts!
