Thursday Thirteen - The Venting Edition (You have been warned!)
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For a non-venting post, please scroll down and read my tribute to the 75th anniversary of my mother’s birth. 1. My father called this morning as he usually does on Thursdays. 2. He asked me a favor - that if I sent mail to their house (other than birthday cards) to please put both of their names on it because when I don’t he “hears about it”. 3. I used to do that even after she who shall not be named started being horrible to me. 4. But then I found out she who shall not be named would put whatever I sent them for Christmas or whatever holiday (fruit basket, plant, etc.) in the garage because it was from me. 5. So at that point I decided if she who shall not be named didn’t want anything to do with my efforts at being nice, I wouldn’t bother putting her name on them anymore. 6. Then came the day my daughter was born 8 weeks early by emergency c-section because I was bleeding. 7. Which means both of us could have not made it. 8. My husband called my father’s house to tell him about his granddaughter. 9. She who shall not be named answered the telephone. 10. When Mike asked to speak to my father because I’d had the baby, she who shall not be named hung up on him. He called back and left one or two messages. I called and left a couple of messages. My father never received the messages. 11. To me that was the last straw. She who shall not be named burned the last bridge and I was done with any effort at all at trying to be nice or even just civil. 12. Especially since the only reason he found out about the baby (TWO DAYS AFTER SHE WAS BORN) was because my aunt called and he happened to answer the phone. 13. After that, I determined that I was erasing she who shall not be named from my life and would never have another thing to do with her. So no, I will not be adding her name to anything I send to their house. Besides, since none of us are welcomed there, why should my mail include her? Links to other Thursday Thirteens! |
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