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I skipped my brother's wedding.

stloldg

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My older brother invited me and my wife to come see him renew his vows; also we was going to take a family photo at this wedding. He called me on the phone to get my address, sound like to me that he was pleading for me to be there.

We haven’t spoken on the phone for almost 20 years when I called to ask for a jump when my car died at work. My job was about 2 miles from his house and it was 11:30 p.m. I explain that I didn’t want to call my wife and have her to come from my home which was 20 miles way with our 4 year old son. He said that he couldn’t because he had to go to work in the morning.

Now, when this asshole call me for help anytime I would be there for him. So you can imagine how much I like him. My mother also called along with my younger brother trying to convince me to come to this disaster.

I don’t like my family because

First, they’re sanctimonies hypocrites about everything from soup to nuts.

Second; they’re vultures waiting for a family members to die so they could come in and snatch up anything and everything they could

Third: they are criminals when I’m around them I have to keep my wallet in my car with the alarm system on and two blocks away from where they live.

Forth: They’re con-man / con-woman begging for help every time I see them. Someone hit the lottery around my home and they called me for a week to see if it was me. Asking me to buy their kids Easter clothes.

Fifth – They only call when they want something

Six – They’re destructive as hell

Seven – They cheap they will come to a party don’t bring anything and want to take home plates of food. They have the nerve to come with their own empty Tupperware bowls so they don’t have to cook for the rest of the week.

So for me to go to that den of 40th thieves made me very nauseous. This marriage was July 1, 2006 and I didn’t answer my phone when a number came in I didn’t know.

Was I wrong for not attending a gathering with a bunch of people I can’t stand.
 
I may have some detractors on this but...
I'm guessing that if you went, you would come out of it even more frustrated with them than you are now and you'd be kicking yourself for going. I'm sure you know, though, that they don't see anything wrong with their behavior towards you and that you come out as the bad guy for not going. If you're comfortable with that, I think you made the right decision.
 
Hey Old G... since I'm just about the queen of "Dysfunction Junction, USA" I think that if you didn't feel right going that you made the right choice not to go.

Sometimes it's better to embrace "self preservation" and not deal with your family. I know it's something I've accepted about mine a long ass time ago.

And besides, family isn't always about blood. The friends you have can be just and good and much of the time better.
 
ticklkitten said:
Hey Old G... since I'm just about the queen of "Dysfunction Junction, USA" I think that if you didn't feel right going that you made the right choice not to go.

Sometimes it's better to embrace "self preservation" and not deal with your family. I know it's something I've accepted about mine a long ass time ago.

And besides, family isn't always about blood. The friends you have can be just and good and much of the time better.


:bowing: :bowing: LONG LIVE THE QUEEN :bowing: :bowing:

Hi Queeny i can i be your court :jester: I would love to make you laugh :bowing: :xpulcy:
 
OK, Change your phone number and go unlisted and get one of those voice mails things so you can listen to the messages and only call if you want or heck, dont answer the phone any more for them! Then P.O.BOX!!!!!!! Who needs people like that in your life. family or not. people have their own shit to deal with, who needs someone elses! Worry about you and yours and SCREW them! wow, im on a nasty negative track today lol!
 
tulipangel said:
OK, Change your phone number and go unlisted and get one of those voice mails things so you can listen to the messages and only call if you want or heck, dont answer the phone any more for them! Then P.O.BOX!!!!!!! Who needs people like that in your life. family or not. people have their own shit to deal with, who needs someone elses! Worry about you and yours and SCREW them! wow, im on a nasty negative track today lol!

First, I moved over 30 miles away from my family just to have my mother move 6 blocks away from me. Than a brother moved 8 blocks away than another brother moved 5 blocks and my sister moved 7 blocks away.

I had change my number a couple of times. But being that my mother is 70+ I give him my number just for emergencies. She turn around and give it out like water, I moved again to another place 10 miles away from them. Now everyone want to come over to my house to see it since I allow my mother to come over.

I was sick a couple of months ago, they was hovering around waiting for me to die so that could ransack the house. The surprising thing is my wife would have shoot them.
 
Hun, I feel your pain! I moved 2500 miles away from my family and they STILL make me wanna drink bleach! I guess you can pick your nose but ya cant pick your family! Hang in there and heck, if your wife knows how to use the shot gun, let her at em! lol!
 
Unfortunately, you can't get past biology and you're just like your family, so don't go placing yourself on a pedastal claiming to be liberated unless you've had years of therapy that has made you aware of your whole family situation. The apple does not fall far from the tree, and those that do not know their family history often repeat it!
 
Hmmm....very interesting statement.

Stugots said:
Unfortunately, you can't get past biology and you're just like your family, so don't go placing yourself on a pedastal claiming to be liberated unless you've had years of therapy that has made you aware of your whole family situation. The apple does not fall far from the tree, and those that do not know their family history often repeat it!

The good news is you can defy your biology and genetic tendencies to be assinine like your family. You can make better choices for yourself and your children like I did. I raised my children substantially differently than my mother raised me plus she never raised a disabled child. She told me that I should treat him special because he is special. Yes, he's learning disabled and has special needs, but I treated no differently from his younger sister. My son has grown up to be a man, not some mollycoddled, overprotected sissy like my mother wanted me to raise him! My daughter is self-confident and loves life, not the way I was at her age at all! I hated myself, didn't respect or love myself at all and needed to be defined by a man in order to feel like a woman. All of my sisters are lliving alone-I'd rather take a few relationship risks (not many, but more than them).

I love my family, but they really don't know me, nor will they ever. Too judgemental and uppity-if is isn't "perfect" they gather around or use the hell-e-phone to gossip behind people's backs.

I moved across town so I can have my peace of mind and live my life without apologizing. I have redefined family-it's those who love you unconditionally. Many have done the same around here and are the better off for it.
 
NO I believe you did the right thing,and I assume that your Brother and your MOm pleaded with you to attend this wedding because they *knew* in their own minds that if up to you,you wouldn;t go ..
Like the saying goes,what goes around comes around and you did nothing wrong..I feel it definitely was not right of your Brother to not help you in your time of need when it seems to me that while he had to go to work in the morning like you say but it wouldn;t have taken very long for him to help you by giving you a Jump for your car and then your on your way again.
 
tulipangel said:
Hun, I feel your pain! I moved 2500 miles away from my family and they STILL make me wanna drink bleach! I guess you can pick your nose but ya cant pick your family! Hang in there and heck, if your wife knows how to use the shot gun, let her at em! lol!

She's Annie Oakley Baby
 
tickledorange said:
Move to IL. No one from MO ever crosses the big water. :evilha:


Not True I bougth my last 2 cars from over the big river. looking at buying 2 motorcycle.
 
From the sound of things, they were probably renewing their vows as a lame-ass attempt to get wedding presents all over again.

I wouldn't have gone, either.
 
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