6:47 p.m. - 29th August 2007
Grrrr......families!!
Spa's are wonderful rejuvinating things. Had a wonderful time. We did some outdoor stuff on Monday too.....Rounders/Baseball for about four hours was good fun, if not a tad competitive.
There were some tensions in the sis-in-laws family too...but I suppose there always is and always will always be too. It's hard to explain really, I sort of don't understand it, but then maybe I'm the fuck wit.
She has three older kids, who aren't my brothers. The youngest (who is now 21) was 2 when they got together. The middle one has hardly done a days work in his life. The eldest is highly sucessful from a career point of view, but relationship wise is a complete disaster...she makes me feel entirely together!!
There is the ex-hubby who gets abused verbally periodiacally, he is a bit of a drinker and he too is out of work...Hmmm I fel a theme...unemployment!!! All of my family (well both of us) have always worked long hours etc and never been unemployed....BUT as ever that's a side issue and I'm digressing!
So there were altogether ten of us at this weekend and it was a late 21st for the pregnant one and her other half, given the pregnant one was in hospital at the time of her 21st......So the career minded eldest one (who is a drinker)....was complaining about her youngest sister being pregnant, as her very intense but very short lived latest relationship has just ended AGAIN! I think she spends her life talking about the need (at her age) to get impregnated, given that her younger sister is with child, she is putting herself under enormous and totally unecessary pressure for a child, never mind the poor swine she is dating at the time. She bitches her younger sis out regularly, thinks her sis's other half is less than something that has crawled out from under a stone and is generally quite rude.....her mom and her clash loads.....however, at times mom concurs with the view and so gives very mixed messsages.
Boy who has never worked, dosses around, smokes and drinks loads, borrows dosh all the time and at times, views himself as a cut above the rest of the world. His ma forgets she kicked him out as he was downloading porn on the family computer, not working, staying in bed all day and up all night. She kicked him out about three years ago and he moved in with his dad, who recently sold up and alledgedly moved back to Eire, but has spent more time here since he moved than when he lived here. He is in a long standing relationship with a university graduate, whose career has jsut "taken off" so the dear girl isn't around as much and he is getting irritated that she is "unavailable"...there is certainly tension there.
The pregant one and her other half are soooooooooo loved up you need a sick bag, but it is sweet too....nobody seems to like the pregnant one's choice of "life partner"...He is very, very, very quiet...but fairly harmless...Never contensious, just quiet, placid and in love.
There was the ex-hubby, who everyone treats fairly badly...he is loud at times, but kind, thoughtful, bit of a drinker has never "abandoned" the kids, always paid maintainance. Is available for the essentials and is just generally a working class sort of bloke.
My brother, who is quiet, but fair, works lots, has provided for 4 kids for a long time....is not argumentative a tad procrastinating...but OK Adores his son and because sis-in-law had DVT and hospitalised post birth and was in hospital for a month....he and his son have an amazingly close bond for father and son. Bruv has ALWAYS done mornings, breakfast, dressing and school run...sis-in-law aint an early riser...Bruv fetches tea to bed for her and the paper....pays an amazing amount of housekeeping and pays alllllllthe bills...so he is OK. He doesn't party with his mates often.
So these were the main players and the dynamics were amazing...sis-in-laws three eldest kids bitching each other to their mom at every opportunity and if all were together, thier dad was then the focuss of negativity.
I only get a slagging occasionally!! Usually for being part off my brothers family. Fairly quiet, working long hours and generally not antagonistic!
It was great to get the meal on Monday out of the way ( I paid...how kind am I)? Given all I got from America was a lousy T-Shirt!!
I sound a fecking bitch...and for that I apologise. I hate slagging and moaning, but sometimes....I feel a twat!!
They couldn't sort out their photo's from USA/Canada....lost the driver disc for thier camera...I offered to sort it out..I'm sure it wouldn't be rocket science, however sis-in-law asked if I would sort it out at my house. Like a lala I agreed.....maybe Istrive for approval or something!
I spent all of yesterday evening downloading their photo's as their camera and mine aren't compatable...so it took me an age....now it'd take 2 mins as I know what to do and it's sooooo easy!!
However there were 246 snapshots! I couldn't e-mail them as I coudn't remember my Outlook Express account address....so had to set up a photobucket account and download everything there. Then edit everything...red eys, photo's shot in funny directions etc. Sent the link finally at 11.30pm last night......today I get a text telling me "I can't see the pictures"...Nothing else....SOOOOO I hurry home and phone...she didn't know the password, so I advised that I'd sent it and resent the e-mail I had originally sent, ....yes the password was included.
She was too busy to talk (never worked...a housewife)...but NOW 30 mins later I've recieved an e-mail saying "send the link to these people"!!..No please, no thanks, no I'm grateful...Bollocks I am a twat!!!
mORAL TODAY....DON'T BE A TWAT LIKE ME!!!
