Tell us about your idiot relatives

[cstephens]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I have an Aunt that is always trying to tell me that blood is thicker than water, she's your sister, blah blah blah.

The other thing I figure is - if I'm going to get the whole "they're family" speech, then why don't they treat me like I'm an important part of the family? Why is "we're family" only a one-way street?

I've gotten that speech from my mother about my oldest brother as well, and I pretty much just ignored it - she doesn't do that any more. My mother doesn't know about some of the stuff my brother pulled when I was younger, and I've seen my parents let him walk all over them, though I think he stopped doing that a while ago. If they want to do that, that's their right, and I also think it's partly a cultural thing on their part, but I don't care that much that he has supposedly changed - there are things that he has never and never will apologize to me for - so I see no reason for there to be a relationship with him. Part of the problem we had was that at some point, I decided I was tired of him telling me what to do, and I spoke up, and he really couldn't deal with that. Imagine that - me speaking up!