The deed is done - time to look to the future
She's gone. Red put her on the bus an hour ago. Evil SIL called to bitch us out for ruining her daughter's life. Said that we 'lost' the movies, and that we're horrible parents, because we left the kids home with the babysitter. And there were various threats of bodily injury. Blah, de f'in blah.
There's obviously a lot of pent up anger from Red's childhood there (bringing up stuff from almost 20 yrs ago? Seriously?) - so it just made it clear that the 'kindness' and 'family' that were offered when we visited was fake.
I'm sure they will all survive to their potential. Goodbye and Good Luck. Now we have no reason to stay in contact with any of those people, and we don't intend to. It's only a fight if we engage them. And we don't need that toxic venom in our lives.
But DAMN, the number of sarcastic comments that came to mind (at 6 am, mind you!) - that I didn't say ... but it's more fun to think them than to say them, esp. when the target is clueless and wouldn't get the irony. I am working on 'To Speak and Be Silent' - I've got the outer voice controlled, but the inner voice ... not so much.
So - time to focus on clearing our house of any detritus, having a wonderful day with the kids, and preparing for an event this weekend. We are united against the world - and anyone or anything that gets in our way - watch out!
There's obviously a lot of pent up anger from Red's childhood there (bringing up stuff from almost 20 yrs ago? Seriously?) - so it just made it clear that the 'kindness' and 'family' that were offered when we visited was fake.
I'm sure they will all survive to their potential. Goodbye and Good Luck. Now we have no reason to stay in contact with any of those people, and we don't intend to. It's only a fight if we engage them. And we don't need that toxic venom in our lives.
But DAMN, the number of sarcastic comments that came to mind (at 6 am, mind you!) - that I didn't say ... but it's more fun to think them than to say them, esp. when the target is clueless and wouldn't get the irony. I am working on 'To Speak and Be Silent' - I've got the outer voice controlled, but the inner voice ... not so much.
So - time to focus on clearing our house of any detritus, having a wonderful day with the kids, and preparing for an event this weekend. We are united against the world - and anyone or anything that gets in our way - watch out!