A little set up for todays' drama: My brother got married last week. It was his 3rd wedding. He is a smart guy, college-educated, drives a BMW, but has a temper and a gambling problem. Short story, he pissed away the money for his honeymoon at the casino a few weeks ago and was planning on having a honeymoon at home. It was his Ws first M and she has never been anywhere outside of the local area where they live. I spoke to my parents and my other siblings and we all agreed that we wanted to give his W a nice honeymoon, so we all chipped in and bought them a west coast cruise. My mom sent me a thank-you e-mail about how generous I was and how much my B and his W were enjoying the cruise.
Well, my mom and W have never gotten along well (See my intro post) so I thought that this would be a good time to give my W some proper credit. I replied back to my mom (and BCC'd my W) that we were happy that they were having a good time and that my W had suggested that we help out in the first place. I thought that by correcting my mom's praise and giving due credit to my W that I was doing the "right" thing.
Not so. My W is very resentful that we did not have a decent honeymoon (my first post again) and my mom never even gave us a marriage present, so the tragedy almost writes itself. W calls and is upset. She's babysitting for her sister who is out of town with her dancing troupe. She just read the e-mail I sent and was LIVID. She wants to know why I can afford to give my brother and his W a nice honeymoon when we never had one ourselves? (Damn, good question actually) Then she says, well when your B divorces her, maybe you can marry her. (Ha, that was pretty weak). She finishes by saying that she doesn't want to come home because my family is so disfunctional.
Hoo-boy. Last week she wanted to come home and sleep in her own bed and drive a ML350; Two days ago she was packing; Yesterday she wasn't sure; and today I have a disfunctional family and she doesn't want anything to do with me! I was thinking that she was just about done, but I see that she needs to simmer a little while longer...
It's Emotional Twister! A Game for the Whole Family!
Screw it. The sun is shining and I have some work in the garden to do. Tomorrow I'm taking the kids to Dog Mountain for a nature hike, and then doing Star Trek tomorrow night. Hope ya'lls weekend is shaping up to be nice wherever you are.
Me40 WAW37 M18 T20 S18,14 D13 EA Bomb 6/08 Sep 11/20/08 Ret 08/09 Sep/Filed 11/09
