and Mondays, you're on notice...
Yeah, so you know how Tuesday three weeks ago was one of the worst days of my life? And then the following Tuesday, my computer died and everything else that could go wrong pretty much did? And then I declared I was quitting Tuesdays
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The whole thing with Fester has been a blessing. Now I really don't feel I need to be involved or give gifts (which is better for my wallet anyway!). I wrote this to a friend about the whole thing:
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Fester was interesting. I really don't find kids that age (1 year) that interesting and have zero desire to EVER change a diaper. He's very over-indulged as my mom had warned me, and the only person who tries to consistently tell him no when he throws toys at people or does something that is endangering himself is the nanny. Stan and She-Mantis just ignore the behavior. He's also significantly developmentally delayed in my estimation - a baby comes regularly to my WW meeting and is more than 4 months younger than Fester. That baby is further along the developmentally milestones than Fester - clapping, mimicking, making sounds, crawling, and walking with holding onto something. I now have zero desire to send any toys or books as they don't take care of them and everything we've sent in the past has not been treasured. She-Mantis even TOLD me that she had thrown away things we had sent "because Fester destroyed them". I'm glad Stan and She-Mantis are happy, but I felt no connection to him and they have zero interest in keeping up a relationship with me. She-Mantis told me "well it doesn't matter that you are so far away and can't really be an aunt for him as he has a lot of other aunts". After that, I was like "well, it's not like I'm biologically related to this baby, the parents have no interest in me being involved, who cares?". My mom told me that she now feels the same way and is going to just do the minimum possible. They aren't invited to visit my parents until they have Fester under control and he won't destroy my parents' homes. I was shocked, but my mom was very serious that she didn't see any point investing emotionally in a child when Stan and She-Mantis obviously don't want her to be involved."
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She said that to you!!?!? WHAT A BITCH. Does Mom know they've thrown everything away?
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I think she was referring to her girlfriends and their friends. But yeah, typical Elysa - trying to be polite and manages to offend me forever.
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