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You Can't Choose Your Family (1 Viewer)

McGarnicle said:
I have a SIL who isn't mentally healthy; my layman's diagnosis is borderline personality. She comes off as really nice but extremely fake and is easily the most annoying human I've ever encountered, and that even includes television (Richard Simmons, Fran Drescher, etc.).

She's especially manipulative and knows just how to find a person's weak spot and exploit it, much like a psychopath. My wife is kind and generous to a fault, so SIL uses guilt with her. Thankfully my wife has finally cut off contact with her and that has helped, though SIL still uses social media and other siblings to stir up ####. I'm getting close to calling her up and letting her know how I feel, which won't be pretty. One more event where my wife is left crying may do it.
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:lmao:  

Loving that. Best of luck, dude.  

 
Limp Ditka said:
With my father dying, my mom was on the open market. She eventually met my step-father and they married when I was 5. 

My step-father was from a similar situation as me. While he wasn't an only child he was the only child of his mother and father. His biological father didn't pass, but left at an early age and had other children with another woman. He had virtually no contact with that family, so he was essentially raised an only child by his mother and grandmother. His mother (Agnes) also got remarried so he too had a step father, Don.

Don was rolling in the dough. Never had kids, waited to get married, president of a bank, probably some shady under the table dealings going on to help stuff the coffers even more. He was about 20 years older than Agnes who, outside of having a kid and a mother in tow, she was actually quite the catch. Trophy wife looks, tons of fun, drank and smoked (I'm assuming this was a quality in the 60s), could cook up a storm.

About 2 years into the marriage, Agnes finds out that Don has a side piece and threatens to leave him. Bags packed, ready to take herself, mom and kid out the door.

Somehow, Agnes and Don reconcile and they're the one's the live happily ever after for the next 15-20 years. Being 20 years Agnes' senior, Don passes away first. Lawyer tells her to be at his office to hear the executor of the estate read the will. When she gets there, the side piece is there.

He left the house, worth $450K in 1984 money, to side piece
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That is so badass.

 
Limp Ditka said:
Somehow, Agnes and Don reconcile and they're the one's the live happily ever after for the next 15-20 years. Being 20 years Agnes' senior, Don passes away first. Lawyer tells her to be at his office to hear the executor of the estate read the will. When she gets there, the side piece is there.

He left the house, worth $450K in 1984 money, to side piece
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That's ####### baller.

 
Hey fellahs... it is amazing just how ####ed up families can be; especially Irish-Italian Catholic (redundant) ones. Just wanted to check in because I have 5 brother & sisters, & we check all the boxes with the stereotypical/respective idiosyncrasies...but somehow have managed to get along.  This is all sibject to change, of course, but just wanted to let you know there is hope!  

eta: plus, I'm married to a Puerto Rican...MAGA!

 
We had several of these threads over the years and I've mentioned numerous times I need to tell my sister's story and that one day I would.  Originally, I didn't tell the story for legal reasons, then somewhat at others suggesting to keep it quiet and lately more out of sadness/embarrassment.  It's been many years now and it may be time to tell the story.  I will give some teasers (can't refer to them as highlights):

- multiple affairs

- cops being called on my parents

- confirmed Ashley Madison account

- therapy sessions about sexual abuse

- paternity tests

- lesbianism

- sexual addiction

 
I have a classic MIL situation too. So many but I will drop this classic here: she spent the better half of a year telling my oldest about this handmade quilt that she was making her for Xmas. So Xmas comes and sure enough, she tells her that she isn't going to give it to her, as she does not know how to take care of her tthings and uses as an example my kid losing her digital camera at a concert as if that means anything to owning a quilt.

Ok so no quilt for her. Not that huge a real, just a ticked off kid and no gift that year. Fine. Cue up a year later when we finally go to her trailer to visit her (lives 6 hours away) and ever so proudly she asks if my kid would like to see this amazing quilt that she wasn't giving her. Was an excellent salt in the would shot.  My daughter really doesn't seem to ever call her anymore.

 
The Big Guy said:
I have a classic MIL situation too. So many but I will drop this classic here: she spent the better half of a year telling my oldest about this handmade quilt that she was making her for Xmas. So Xmas comes and sure enough, she tells her that she isn't going to give it to her, as she does not know how to take care of her tthings and uses as an example my kid losing her digital camera at a concert as if that means anything to owning a quilt.

Ok so no quilt for her. Not that huge a real, just a ticked off kid and no gift that year. Fine. Cue up a year later when we finally go to her trailer to visit her (lives 6 hours away) and ever so proudly she asks if my kid would like to see this amazing quilt that she wasn't giving her. Was an excellent salt in the would shot.  My daughter really doesn't seem to ever call her anymore.
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Daughter should have asked Grammy if she ever lived in a home that didn't have wheels.

 
To bring some humour to my crappy story, let me tell you about my dads wife. 

She is a very caring lady, who has been married to my dad for 20 years. Imagine finding out that your spouse had a 35 year old child they didn't know about!!

Anyway, because they don't see us a lot, she bought my daughter the same Xmas gift for three years in a row...the board game Mousetrap. My daughter was 8,9 and 10. To her credit she put a smile on her face every year. 

I was practically choking trying not to laugh as she opened it for the third year in a row.  I can never resist asking my daughter if she wants Mousetrap for Xmas or her birthday (not in front of step-mom obviously)

 
The Duff Man said:
To bring some humour to my crappy story, let me tell you about my dads wife. 

She is a very caring lady, who has been married to my dad for 20 years. Imagine finding out that your spouse had a 35 year old child they didn't know about!!

Anyway, because they don't see us a lot, she bought my daughter the same Xmas gift for three years in a row...the board game Mousetrap. My daughter was 8,9 and 10. To her credit she put a smile on her face every year. 

I was practically choking trying not to laugh as she opened it for the third year in a row.  I can never resist asking my daughter if she wants Mousetrap for Xmas or her birthday (not in front of step-mom obviously)
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There's no discussion with the parents about what your kids might like?

 
My mother and father both come from huge families, and both have messy, embarrassing details, I don't know if I would label as dysfunctional. 

Dad's side is the quiet, bottled up side, with silent depression, casual alcoholism, and aunts with loads of prescription meds in the cabinet. 

Mom's side is truly opposite, a bunch of sisters yelling whatever pops in their head, and family get togethers are usually train wreck entertaining. The best was the Christmas that one aunt hosted, another aunt fell down a flight of stairs, and had the plan to sue her own sister in some half baked insurance scam. 

One of those aunts has a son who has something like 5 kids from 5 different women. Two of those women are mother/daughter. True story.

 
The Duff Man said:
To bring some humour to my crappy story, let me tell you about my dads wife. 

She is a very caring lady, who has been married to my dad for 20 years. Imagine finding out that your spouse had a 35 year old child they didn't know about
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Sort of like Elf!

 
Limp Ditka said:
With my father dying, my mom was on the open market. She eventually met my step-father and they married when I was 5. 

My step-father was from a similar situation as me. While he wasn't an only child he was the only child of his mother and father. His biological father didn't pass, but left at an early age and had other children with another woman. He had virtually no contact with that family, so he was essentially raised an only child by his mother and grandmother. His mother (Agnes) also got remarried so he too had a step father, Don.

Don was rolling in the dough. Never had kids, waited to get married, president of a bank, probably some shady under the table dealings going on to help stuff the coffers even more. He was about 20 years older than Agnes who, outside of having a kid and a mother in tow, she was actually quite the catch. Trophy wife looks, tons of fun, drank and smoked (I'm assuming this was a quality in the 60s), could cook up a storm.

About 2 years into the marriage, Agnes finds out that Don has a side piece and threatens to leave him. Bags packed, ready to take herself, mom and kid out the door.

Somehow, Agnes and Don reconcile and they're the one's the live happily ever after for the next 15-20 years. Being 20 years Agnes' senior, Don passes away first. Lawyer tells her to be at his office to hear the executor of the estate read the will. When she gets there, the side piece is there.

He left the house, worth $450K in 1984 money, to side piece
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that's a classy move.

 
The Big Guy said:
I have a classic MIL situation too. So many but I will drop this classic here: she spent the better half of a year telling my oldest about this handmade quilt that she was making her for Xmas. So Xmas comes and sure enough, she tells her that she isn't going to give it to her, as she does not know how to take care of her tthings and uses as an example my kid losing her digital camera at a concert as if that means anything to owning a quilt.

Ok so no quilt for her. Not that huge a real, just a ticked off kid and no gift that year. Fine. Cue up a year later when we finally go to her trailer to visit her (lives 6 hours away) and ever so proudly she asks if my kid would like to see this amazing quilt that she wasn't giving her. Was an excellent salt in the would shot.  My daughter really doesn't seem to ever call her anymore.
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Holy crap.

 
Dad left mom when mom was 24 with 5 young children and a 6th on the way to start a new family.  Pops never paid mom a cent in support.  My moms parents took us in and I remember my grandmother telling me that once this all went down she asked my fathers drunken slut/#### of a mother what should be done about the kids.  My fathers mom response to my mothers mom was - I'll let you worry about them.

Made it easy for me to write that entire side of my family off forever.

 
Da Guru said:
Here is a good family story.  Every time my SIL gets a little loaded she flashes her dam near perfect breasts. Looking forward to seeing them again soon over the holidays.

Pisses my wife off.

Over the years I have seen her boobs at least 20 times.
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Take a photo of 'em, post it here, start a poll and circle back with her on Easter that a few thousand of your I friends have been analyzing them ad nauseam for the past few months.  I'd be willing to help you create poll categories if it will expedite the process.

 
The Duff Man said:
To bring some humour to my crappy story, let me tell you about my dads wife. 

She is a very caring lady, who has been married to my dad for 20 years. Imagine finding out that your spouse had a 35 year old child they didn't know about!!

Anyway, because they don't see us a lot, she bought my daughter the same Xmas gift for three years in a row...the board game Mousetrap. My daughter was 8,9 and 10. To her credit she put a smile on her face every year. 

I was practically choking trying not to laugh as she opened it for the third year in a row.  I can never resist asking my daughter if she wants Mousetrap for Xmas or her birthday (not in front of step-mom obviously)
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Of all the threads in the FFA, this post made me bust out laughing uncontrollably.  I could just picture her in slow motion opening up Mousetrap on year 3. Props to you for holding it in.  I would have lost it like I did tonight

 
The Duff Man said:
To bring some humour to my crappy story, let me tell you about my dads wife. 

She is a very caring lady, who has been married to my dad for 20 years. Imagine finding out that your spouse had a 35 year old child they didn't know about!!

Anyway, because they don't see us a lot, she bought my daughter the same Xmas gift for three years in a row...the board game Mousetrap. My daughter was 8,9 and 10. To her credit she put a smile on her face every year. 

I was practically choking trying not to laugh as she opened it for the third year in a row.  I can never resist asking my daughter if she wants Mousetrap for Xmas or her birthday (not in front of step-mom obviously)
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That's a solid kid right there.  You should be proud of her manners. 

 
The Duff Man said:
To bring some humour to my crappy story, let me tell you about my dads wife. 

She is a very caring lady, who has been married to my dad for 20 years. Imagine finding out that your spouse had a 35 year old child they didn't know about!!

Anyway, because they don't see us a lot, she bought my daughter the same Xmas gift for three years in a row...the board game Mousetrap. My daughter was 8,9 and 10. To her credit she put a smile on her face every year. 

I was practically choking trying not to laugh as she opened it for the third year in a row.  I can never resist asking my daughter if she wants Mousetrap for Xmas or her birthday (not in front of step-mom obviously)
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Brings to mind this song.

 
The Duff Man said:
To bring some humour to my crappy story, let me tell you about my dads wife. 

She is a very caring lady, who has been married to my dad for 20 years. Imagine finding out that your spouse had a 35 year old child they didn't know about!!

Anyway, because they don't see us a lot, she bought my daughter the same Xmas gift for three years in a row...the board game Mousetrap. My daughter was 8,9 and 10. To her credit she put a smile on her face every year. 

I was practically choking trying not to laugh as she opened it for the third year in a row.  I can never resist asking my daughter if she wants Mousetrap for Xmas or her birthday (not in front of step-mom obviously)
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On the one hand, I would be disappointed to get the same present three years in a row. On the other hand, you can probably build some baller #### with three full sets of mousetrap parts.

 
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