Jun 09, 2006 17:18
I hate my family because they ruin everything. I could not be happier that I live an ocean away from them because they are the most fucking dramatic people I have ever met. My mom and I are here for one week, and they have to ruin it with fights. I hate the majority of them, and never seeing them again would be way too soon.
So Wednesday I am in the old city of Leiden with my oma, my aunt Mieke, my mom and myself. We come to pick Mieke up, and we suggest that she bring her own car because there was no space for in the backseat due to the fact that we had to put a wheelchair in the small car. We got to her house, and she insisted on going in the same car as us anyways. Then she had the balls to say that she thought she should sit in the front because she knew the way to Leiden better than my oma. However, my oma is 82 so it would be cruel to stick her in an already crammed backseat. My aunt was angry that my mom told her that my oma should sit in the frontseat. then she bitched that my mom didn't say good morning to her, when she said good morning twice (which never occurred mind you). We got to Leiden, and there was a very small parking space. My aunt told my mom to park there. My mom said she preferred not to because she didn't want to mess up a rental. That pissed my aunt off too because my mom defied her orders. Then we went to go sit down for a coffee because my oma was getting tired from the walk. We sat down, and my aunt started talking about how my mom and I are so rude. She has done nothing, but be kind to us, and we don't listen to what she says. Then the tears came, and I was sitting there like WTF. This shit never ends. My aunt told my mother to stop interfering in my oma's life, even though my aunt was the one who told my mom to go to the doctor with my aunt. My aunt was just angry that we had talked to my other aunt, Magriet, about the doctor's visit. She tends to be a very jealous person. So she is sitting there crying, boofuckinghoo and storms off to the bathroom. Good riddance. She came back, and we went walking for a while. My aunt left to go smoke somewhere so my oma took me to the church in Leiden where the Pilgrims worshipped just before they went to America. It was cool.
Then my aunt came back and BOOM. She suggested that we go out to lunch so we said ok because it was obvious that the walk had been tiring to my oma, even though she had been sitting in the wheelchair. We went to go sit, and my aunt started again. You both are so rude. You don't care about me. You never let me talk. You interfere too much. Stop coming to Holland. Then all of a sudden she goes to my mom, your boobs sag. I sat there, contemplating jumping in the canal. She just kept going, and eventually my mom snapped. She was like why the fuck do you have to ruin this for us?! We come once a year, and you just can't be pleasant. If you think we are so rude, why come out with us at all? My aunt then threw her fork and knife at the table and stormed off again. My oma went, "No wonder she doesn't keep friends." HILARIOUS. Anyways, she came back and started threatening my oma. My aunt works for my oma by cleaning her house and doing her shopping, since she doesn't have a real job because has some health problems, probably because she smokes two packs a day. Anyways, she starting saying to my oma, "I am just gonna stop coming to your house. I am not gonna do anything for you anymore. I could have stayed longer on vacation, but I came back for you and this is how you repay me." We stood there in shock. DO NOT FUCKING THREATEN AN OLD PERSON YOU DUMB BITCH. That is fucking bottom of the barrel, if you ask me.
She left, and we have not seen her since. We heard later from my other aunt, Gonny, that Mieke called her and her husband right away, talking about how awful we were. Today my cousin, who is now living in Indonesia, came over to talk about the situation, being that she is close with both us and my aunt, Mieke. Tonight we were all supposed to go out to dinner to this really great place. But she prefers we go with her tomorrow, without the rest of them, because she wants the evening to be pleasant, and she can't uninvite Mieke so now we have been shafted.
I don't know what is going to happen with my oma, and who will take care of her becuase I have a feeling that we are going to have to leave before any of that can be discussed, and that is how my aunt wants it so that she can make sure oma keeps paying her car payments, her salary, and her son's college education. Oh yeah, and to keep an eye on that inheritance.
I love Europe, but it is spoiled by my loser family. I never thought I would miss home so much.