A couple of years ago I found out a sister of mine was pregnant via a random post on Facebook.
A couple of years ago I found out a sister of mine was pregnant via a random post on Facebook. It wasn't even her post, it was a friend of hers posting on her wall.
I was annoyed and a little pissed that I, her brother, didn't even get the courtesy of a phone call.
I found out my other sister's wedding was a week before I got to Florida last December. I was not invited because that sister is a bitch. She hates me for no reason whatsoever than because her mother (my stepmom) doesn't like me.
Yesterday I learned, on Facebook again, that my younger (but not youngest) brother, is now engaged to his girlfriend of more than 10 years.
Here's how it went down:
Him -- Thanks for all the well wishes on the enagement, it will be in Vegas in Feb of 2013
Me -- There's an engagement?
Him -- Yes there is.
Me -- Who? What? When? Where?
Him -- You seem a bit confused by the whole process. There was a question, there was an answer and now there isa plan to get married next Feb in Vegas.
Me -- Or, perhaps being your brother I expected a call. There is no confusion because I have no information to be confused by.
This is the same brother who admitted he comes to Colorado once a month or so and never calls me. He's "busy" and doesn't have the time. As though I can't rearrange my schedule to meet his time constraints.
Anywho, this is why I don't get along with my family and I avoid Florida and them as much as possible.
I was annoyed and a little pissed that I, her brother, didn't even get the courtesy of a phone call.
I found out my other sister's wedding was a week before I got to Florida last December. I was not invited because that sister is a bitch. She hates me for no reason whatsoever than because her mother (my stepmom) doesn't like me.
Yesterday I learned, on Facebook again, that my younger (but not youngest) brother, is now engaged to his girlfriend of more than 10 years.
Here's how it went down:
Him -- Thanks for all the well wishes on the enagement, it will be in Vegas in Feb of 2013
Me -- There's an engagement?
Him -- Yes there is.
Me -- Who? What? When? Where?
Him -- You seem a bit confused by the whole process. There was a question, there was an answer and now there isa plan to get married next Feb in Vegas.
Me -- Or, perhaps being your brother I expected a call. There is no confusion because I have no information to be confused by.
This is the same brother who admitted he comes to Colorado once a month or so and never calls me. He's "busy" and doesn't have the time. As though I can't rearrange my schedule to meet his time constraints.
Anywho, this is why I don't get along with my family and I avoid Florida and them as much as possible.
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It doesn't sound like getting family news on FB is working out well so I'd suggest getting the fsck off and if they want to comm they can find you here or wherever else the family news isn't broadcast to the world. oh, wait....
One sibling, my youngest sister called, but she admitted she just wanted to show off her son whom I'd never met.
My other sister didn't want to show off her husband, my brothers in Tampa didn't call or make the 2 hour drive to see me in the 3 months I was there. My dad saw me twice by accident.
Family and communication..... It is what it is. While it can be frustrating at times, it is family and it is dysfunctional at best.
My family doesn't do drama on FB just like they didn't in real life, they were never demonstrative. But FB was boring and scary when I ran into high school "friends". So I'm gone and family that wants to talk will email. Otherwise I don't care what goes on in FB land. Dysfunctional doings never get better on a social network, they get worse.
Whitney Greisinger, it has more to do with the fact that I'm the black sheep. I don't drink everyday, I don't worship football, or even watch it, I don't want to sit around with beer in hand and "shoot the shit," I want to get out and do new things, go to new places and explore the world.
Plus they all think I'm a loser since I'm unemployed.
But I hear you. I've been looking for work for longer than I can remember which makes my yuppy sister not want to speak to me. I get it. I'm angry. So I left all the places that make it worse.
THEN she went on to explain that she is proud of me for not investing my life into people that really (hmm how to make this nice in public) didn't matter.